Five Ways To Boost Your Creativity
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If you are an artist, you know how bound you are to Creativity. Without it, we have no idea what to write about, sing about, paint about. Artists know above all things that Creativity is difficult to keep at a constant high level. There are some things you can do that will boost your Creativity you can do every day.
Fear is the Enemy
Artists live with fear. That will never stop. The best you do is manage it. the strongest fear is not the dread of what others might say, but what we say to ourselves. The constant harangues of “I’m not good enough,” “I’m not talented,” “I don’t have enough training,” or “I don’t have time to create,” will cripple our Creativity.
Create something just to do it, and without any self-judgment. Try a different field than what you wish to try. If you’re a painter, write a story. If you’re a singer, paint somethings. If you’re a writer, sings a song. Make sure you do this with no judgment. When you’re done, say it’s good, even if you know it’s not. You convince yourself in and out of approval. Maybe your painting will give you an idea for a story, or your song may make you thing of a paint subject.
Create
One of the best ways to silence your negative voice is to take steps to counteract their claims. For example, “I don’t have enough training,” is simple enough to address. Just get more training. And while formal training is indispensable, so is the exercise. While I was learning to craft of Creative Writing, I wrote many short stories. Mot of them were specific exercises to work on one aspect of writing. Even now, I do the same on a much larger scale with my novels.
You can keep your mind in a Creative state even when you are not creating. You do this by learning to experience Life like an Artist. There’s no doubt that Artists look at life differently from the non-creative type. Artists look at the small things. They also examine cause and affect on the very small scale. Artists notice nuances in color, the variety in movements. Artists look for these things. Train your mind to do likewise and your sense of Creativity will soar.
Claim It
I cringe when I hear someone say, “I’m an aspiring writer.” Don’t short sell yourself. If you write, claim it. tell people with no hesitation, “I am a writer.” Just like with dealing with your own critical and negative inner voice, you can talk yourself into believing a lot of things. The more you say, “I am a writer,” the quicker you come to believe it. you may not think that they when you first start, but fake it until you make it.
A Frederick’s of Hollywood catalogue ad because famous for printing in Writ Large the banner “Don’t Dream it, Be It.” Dream to be an artist. Claim that you are. But don’t stop there. Be the Artist by creating things, stories, music, images. Say “I am an Artist,” and leave the aspiring out of it. and then, Create something Artistic.
Be Original
One of the best instructors are the Artists themselves. I learned so much from my college Creative Writing classes, but I have also learned from Hemmingway, Chekhov, and Goethe. The best writers are firstly readers. I can learn poetry from reading Dickinson and Eliot, and playwright from Shakespeare and O’Neill. Always learn from the greats, but don’t copy them.
A copy-cat is not being Creative. I’m not going to undermine Intertextuality, which is the practice on laying one’s story over an older story. It helps tell the story by duplicating or foiling the previous work. As long as the second story is completely original, the Intertextuality works. For example, we all know that “West Side Story” is based on Romeo & Juliet. Likewise, Joyce’s Ulysses lays on top of the Iliad, but turns it on its head. This can help you tell the story and also how to tell the story. Learn form the masters, but don’t copy them.
Take Notes Always
Sometimes, the most Creative person is mostly observant. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen or heard something, and I think, “That’s going in a book!” I jot it down and work it into a novel later. I make sure that it suits the character, or it’s useless.
Take it from someone who’s learned the hard way, don’t make these notes on receipts or envelopes. I can’t count the bests of observed brilliance did I write down on something loose and before long, I lose it. some Artists carry a dictation device and others leave themselves a voicemail. My phone has a notepad function, and that’s what I use. Everyone once in a while a take what’s on the notepad and transfer it to a file oi keep on work. When I’m working on a story, I go through my list of observances and use the ones that work. Try it, you’ll like it!
Creativity is indispensable for the Artist. Our brains are wired differently. We think in ways different from the normals. But it’s okay, this abnormality is our highly developed sense of Creativity. And when our Creativity wanes, there are ways we can boost our Creativity.
