What is creativity?

Creativity has been part of human nature since the first man painted on the wall of his cave and our consciousness moved us to think of more than food, procreation and shelter, around 30,000 years ago. Each of us has the power to create (and conversely to destroy) our own lives and profoundly influence the world around us, but only a few of us put this gift to proper use.

In our drive to be productive we squeeze creativity out of our lives in favour of efficiency, even though this approach is rarely fulfilling and ultimately not sustainable. We often consider creativity to be the domain of a select group of artists, writers, musicians and entrepreneurs and that if we show no great talent in these areas, we should not even try. This is unfortunate as we are all creative. The domains in which creativity is exercised may be different and the results may vary, but the process is more or less the same. More importantly, the process matters over and above the results.

Creativity is essentially the discovery of novelty out of the ordinary, mostly by changing the way we look at things to find new patterns and connections. Rediscovering our capacity for creativity is one way to reenergize ourselves and find new levels of satisfaction in our interactions with others.

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