The Importance of Creativity
Creativity is often overlooked by many, but expanding upon creative abilities can help you improve in other areas or fields as well. Creativity can also change your overall thinking and habits, but how exactly do you improve your creative abilities?
Creativity has no limits and can be personalized, there are no rules or a specific set of instructions, it’s more based on the emotions and ideas of the creatives. I believe that creativity is being able to think differently, approach challenges from a new perspective, improve artistic abilities, and so much more, the possibilities are endless. However, expanding on your creative abilities is a journey and takes time and dedication, and often only improves through consistency.
In order to improve artistic abilities, you can practice doodling or making small sketches, whenever you have some free time. This way your arm and brain get used to the feeling, and you also expand your imagination. Along with this, try experimenting with new art styles, this will get you thinking more about how you want your art to look. Remember to only take inspiration from other artists, don’t try to copy their art styles or techniques, rather learn from them and see how you can tweak it to make it your own. Always remember to learn as you go, you may make mistakes, but you can always learn from them and keep going!
Oftentimes when we hear the word “creativity,” we think of only art, but there is so much more to creativity. For example, approaching challenges from a new perspective or thinking differently. These can be expanded on through: learning a new skill, meditating or practicing mindfulness, and understanding different viewpoints in certain situations. Trying out a new skill can help us adapt to different and new methods in order to take on this new task, allowing you to change your thinking. Meditation and mindfulness helps us notice small details that we may not have even seen before and allows us to ask and consider more meaningful questions. Being able to understand and reflect on differing viewpoints may be tough, but they can really help with thinking in a different perspective, it may even get you to change your original ideas. Practicing this can help you develop a growth mindset, as well as help you see the world and those around you through a different lens, which is an important part of creativity.
While expanding your creativity, there is a possibility of you facing some obstacles, these can include losing motivation, getting distracted, being unsure of how to move forward, not having enough time to spend, or feeling overworked or overwhelmed. These are only a few of the many things you may be faced with, but always remember to try and refocus and not lose sight of your end goal. It is important to take breaks and give your mind a rest as well, so that you can really give the task your full attention during the time period that you have set aside to complete it.
Creativity is important and is used in many tasks that are to be completed in daily life, whether it’s for school work, or for pleasure, practicing creativity can help you see things from a new perspective and that is sure to have a positive impact on you.