The word essence is described as follows: The most important ingredient: the crucial element.
Creativity is the ability to transcend traditional ideas and to create new ideas, methods, interpretation, originality or imagination.
How could one use the essence of creativity, their way you might ask?
Here are tools to help you use the essence of your creativity:
A certain expertise in whatever area you chose to work in. If you have no knowledge in this chosen field, odds are you won’t make the next fantastic breakthrough in this field.
Find the field that you are passionate about. Imagine a whole realm of possibilities in that field.
Have persistence – that determination to keep on turning your goal over and over in your mind, until you know what you must know to be successful.
Know when to look at things in a different light. If it’s a painting, turn it upside down or hold it to a mirror and you will see places that need your attention.
Have courage, take creative risks and try new things, things that you’ve never thought that you would or could do.
Be open to new opportunities and possibilities as they present them themselves to you.
Know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your desire to succeed will take you to your goal.
Make your idea work, no matter what.
Face any creative challenge with the mind of a child. Make each work period a play period.
Childlike creativity can and should be studied and imitated. Can you think that anything is possible?
If you think you are not creative your thoughts will be telling you “I can’t, but the creative mind will be spurring you on telling you “I can, and here’s how I’ll make it happen.” You obviously can see, speak, hear, remember and understand, so you are creative!
Never say you don’t have a creative bone in your body, that is misleading for you, because whether you believe you can or can’t, you’re right.
Believe in your creativity and seek guidance from others that have used these ideas to reach their goals.
A few weeks ago, I felt my creative spirit urging me to compile some of the writings that would be meaningful to you and encourage the essence of your creativity.
You will find these writings compiled into a Special Report – Choosing To Be An Artist – For A Lifetime. Just enter your name and email address and this report is on its way to you. In the first chapter there is an interview with an artist that has always worked from the essence of her creativity. I know you will enjoy reading her story.
Remember to “Honor Your Creative Spirit!”
Ellene
Ellene Breedlove Davis
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I appreciate your participation in my artistic journey so very much!
I love how you describe what it takes to be creative; it really brings it home that creativity applies beyond the visual arts. Like many people, I thought for years that I wasn’t creative and now know better. Good thing since it’s part of my life purpose according to hand analysis!
Turning your painting upside down is a great idea! That would work with other areas of our lives, too. I love your beautiful inspirational sentence, “Know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your desire to succeed will take you to your goal.”