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I used to think that being creative was about enjoying craft projects the way I did as a child. Now I see that it is about so much more. Many of our everyday acts also involve bringing to life what wasn’t there before: a father trying to engage with his teenage son in a different way, a woman cracking a joke to help her friend feel better, a pensioner taking up a new hobby. The act of making something new doesn’t simply enrich our lives. What we create can touch other people and enhance our connection to them. As Neil Gaiman points out in his beautiful commencement speech, we should keep creating when life gets difficult. Perhaps Kurt Vonnegut puts it most poetically in his letter to a group of high school students: creativity makes ‘your soul grow’. Don’t get hung up on whether or not you are a ‘creative person’: just try making stuff that you enjoy, whether it is music or food, and see where it takes you.
You can start with her 'Magic Lessons' podcast Create something with this fun, free online class Read the wonderful 'Big Magic' by Elizabeth Gilbert On the marvellous mystery of making things Creating adds meaning to other's lives (and your own!) Enjoy 'Make people gifts' by John Green Collaborate creatively on HitRecord Transformed into a lovely cartoon on Zen Pencils Watch this wonderful Soul Pancake clip The morning pages Sarah mentions are a remarkable tool, as described here From an interview with Sarah Peck on the Unmistakeable Creative podcast
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