Already I feel the stretching in my brain. This week in our Connections Community on-line, we are talking about Creativity as a tool to overcome! So, I've been looking at it and trying some of the exercises as designed by Michael Michalko (www.creativethinking.net). The exercises disrupt my normal thinking patterns - and I actually feel the strain in my brain!
Why try to revive my creativity? Several reasons:
1. Some of the ways I think and the patterns I live in aren't working for me. You know that definition of insanity: "Doing the same old thing and expecting different results."
2. I have been created with creativity inside. And yet it is submerged. School teaches us to understand things in categories and structures and often stifles creativity. In healing we are instructed to look at our "toolbox" and select the right tool. And sometimes the categories and tools don't match my needs and don't unleash my possibility.
3. I've always been someone who pushes the status quo. I want new solutions to the challenges in my world, because what we're doing isn't working!
It took me awhile to even grasp how this concept of creativity can work in restoration. It was my creative colleague, Rachel who first pushed this idea on me. I had to push past my boxed definition of creativity to grasp it - which is the entire purpose!
Thinking creatively isn't just for artists or photographers. It is part of you! And it can be restored!
As I think about you all uncovering and connecting to creativity I am awash with the excitement of what can happen!
- Inside your creativity is the power to overcome the impact of all you've experienced.
- Think creatively and you might be the one who carries the solutions we need.
Here's a worksheet for you to explore Creativity! Let me know what you discover!
http://www.connectionssp.org (Click on Worksheet Tab)
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