It’s hard sometimes to think that not everyone’s mind works the same. It makes it harder to communicate, to teach, to learn, to understand. But there are those of us who think very creatively and this is what we want everyone else to know.
1. We thrive on projects that give us freedom.
Repetitive assignments are the worst. Those of us who are highly creative care about the passion behind the things we do. We care to actually care about the assignment and we hate busy work. The best way to get us to do our best job is to give us the creative necessity of freedom. We will create something magical that no rubric could describe!
2. We need diversity.
Nothing kills us more than seeing the same thing day-in and day-out, people who never change anything in their lives, and those who don’t differentiate themselves or form their own opinion. We don’t want a mass of zombies as our community - that’s what the media for the past 5 years was for. We thrive on diversity because it inspires us and reminds us that the world is an exciting and unique place filled with unique people. The status quo isn’t always what’s right.
3. We can turn anything into something exciting if we try hard enough.
Boring notes? Doodling. Boring parking lot?
4. We probably appreciate at least one of the arts a little too much.
Be it music, drawing, film, spoken word, or dancing...
5. We are deathly afraid of becoming stubborn.
Because if we do, we could lose our creativity
6. We are dedicated.
When we start something, we will not stop until we finish… unless we get another better idea.
7. We always strive for perfection.
No matter how much easier it would be if we weren't perfectionists, still we persist.
8. But we are the last ones satisfied with our work.
It's not that we think we are not good enough. It's that we know we always have room to grow.
9. We want others to feel the joy of seeing their idea come to life.
10. We long for connection.
One of the ultimate rewards in creating something is when we find that it moved someone as much as it moved us.
11. We are not normal.
12. We sometimes wish we were, but then we realize that this is all we could’ve ever wanted.
When it all comes down to it, our creativity pushes us through every part of our life, including the hard ones. It allows us to outwardly process the innermost workings of our minds the way other people do with other outlets. It is, perhaps, the most constructive coping mechanism. And we wouldn't have it any other way, than to look back at a creation and remember exactly what we were going through, and what we originally thought of when we first started creating it.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this unique insight from someone who doesn’t remember ever not yearning to express his inner ideas. I did not ask to be creative, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. And don’t think that anyone that is not obviously creative never will be. Sometimes, they just haven’t learned to be comfortable expressing it.
Yet.
