How to Boost Your Creativity by Relating with Other Creative People

This excellent New York Times article ‘How to Be Creative‘ provides many hints to boost our creativity.

Some steps are discussed:

Give yourself permission to tap into your thoughts, dreams and imaginationsFeel confidentFoster creativity through parentingallow yourself to be imperfect

The special recommendation about fostering creativity through parenting is though-provoking. It means to emulate children’s unbounded creativity of course. It also has an interesting component around fostering creativity by relating to other creative people.

And I think this is the key: being creative alone has limitations. Creativity in a group of creative people – if possible of diverse origins and creative orientations – is the way to be effectively creative, and create something real.