5 Thoughts On Creativity
Last year I had this feeling that I wanted to live a more
creative life. I didn’t know what I was looking for until I fall in
love with the quilling art (quilling: paper stripes rolled up
and glued together to create decoration and pictures) of
Yulia Brodskaya. I just said to myself: “Wow, this is so
beautiful, I want to learn this as well!” I ordered my first
tools and I started to practice. Soon I organized my first
workshop where I could start teaching the technique and
the technique could start teaching us about our creativity.
Since then I worked together with over a hundred people
on connecting to and unleashing their creativity while
learning the quilling technique.
During these workshops and conversations many
misconceptions and ideas emerged, in the following you
can read my take on them.
1. Creativity is diverse.
Each of us is creative in a different way and each of us
is creative in something. I know some people who are
creative in their storytelling; others, who are creative in
their clothing style; setting up businesses; writing;
handcrafts; their job; being a mother/father; cooking,
organizing the household or simply living their lives.
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2. If you say about yourself that you
are creative it doesn’t mean you
have to be an artist.
Many times we are ashamed to admit that we are
doing something creative because of the possibility of
not being good enough. Creativity does not only
belong to the fashion and other craft industries. It
doesn’t equal art although many art forms enhances
the development of creativity. I started to paint and
draw more and what I observed is that the more I do
it, the quicker I come up with new ideas and it
sharpens my way of thinking. And it also helps me to
relax and let go of my negative thoughts.
3. Creativity is a learning process.
Legend has it that Pablo Picasso was sketching in the
park when a bold woman approached him. “It’s you
— Picasso, the great artist! Oh, you must sketch my
portrait! I insist.” So Picasso agreed to sketch her.
After studying her for a moment, he used a single
pencil stroke to create her portrait. He handed the
women his work of art. “It’s perfect!” she gushed. “You
managed to capture my essence with one stroke, in
one moment. Thank you! How much do I owe you?”
“Five thousand dollars,” the artist replied. “B-b-but,
what?” the woman sputtered. “How could you want
so much money for this picture? It only took you a
second to draw it!” To which Picasso responded,
“Madame, it took me my entire life.”
Creativity is a skill and a process, we can develop it.
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One of Judit’s quilling pieces