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How to Turn a Creative Spark Into Something Real
Creativity And Collaboration
Asking for feedback and general collaboration with other people provides us with a sounding board that can sharpen our vision and make the execution stronger.
It also helps us recalibrate or pivot the idea and give it the right direction and shape.
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Solitude and Creativity
The difficult emotions we feel when we're alone actually transform us into intense observers, aware of subtle details that normally go unnoticed.
Most of the time, this is uncomfortable (because we are social creatures), but it can also lead to creative breakthroughs if we accept it.
Touch - a powerful form of communication
Digital tools are a weak substitute for a physical community. And screens don’t allow for touch, which is a powerful form of communication.
Physical contact, from friends, loved ones, even acquaintances and strangers, has the ability to lower cortisol levels and ease anxiety.
Work towards something larger
A great way to fight loneliness is to work toward a larger goal, one that is centered around teamwork and collaboration.
Focusing on a shared vision helps disrupt the lonely brain’s destructive loops, allowing us to let our guard down and reintegrate ourselves into the social fold.
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Start Your Art
Getting artistic is good for health, and your mental well-being. The creation process helps you:
- Reduce stress and anxiety.
- Improves your mood.
- It helps you be a better problem solver.
- Awakens your imagination.
Everyone can be an Artist
When we think of 'art' we normally think of a painter, applying the brush on a canvas. But any person, having a creative skill in any activity, can be an artist.
The way a person talks to others, or how one writes, can be a creative expression. The ways a person can express his or her 'art' is infinite.
Focus on The Act of Creation
Find out what you enjoy, what you loved as a kid, or what engages you, and do that. It can be finger painting, baking, cooking, collaging, oil painting, weaving, writing screenplays, anything that doesn't' make you tired while you do it.
The act of creation is itself a reward, and going for what you love doing without any expectations or stress makes the real art come out.
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Boredom sparks creativity
Boredom is one of the most important factors in creativity. Boredom is a productive state as long as you don't let it get to you.
Agatha Christie said there is nothing like boredom to make you write. Neil Gaiman advises aspiring writers to let themselves get so bored that the mind has nothing better to do than tell itself a story.
Our mind when we're bored
When we're bored, two key things are happening in our minds: One is a 'desire bind' where someone wants to do something but not anything that's on offer. The other is when your mind is itching to be engaged.
Don't fill the void
Our first instinct when we experience some boredom is to fill it with Netflix lists, Instagram feeds, and TikTok videos. Riding out this boredom is vital though.
Boredom is not in itself creative. It's what it leads to that is significant. In the gap of boredom, you're motivated to look for something else, and there's a real chance you'll discover something new.