Suppose someone asked, "How many hours per week they spend working?" or "What are you doing?" You are probably say something like: "I am a full time student and part-time job in a department store" or "I am a full time mom of three children," or I am a professor, "or" I am a computer analysts, etc. Your response describes the daily routine of what you do for a life work that you income, a social identity, a certain status, and sometimes publiclyRecognition. However, it is worth, very often work includes duties, tasks and requirements that we must do, whether we like it or not. Our freedom to do what we like in our work is almost always limited. This is a main reason why so many people suffer from dissatisfaction with work-related and see their work as a necessary evil they must endure in exchange for a monthly salary.
Now imagine that someone asks, "How many hours per week are spent to create something thatgives you joy? "Or" Did you custom creative that helps you manage stress? "I'll give you the answer: You can take a little longer to answer, and if you do this, we can say something like:" Hmm, you know, I'd be creative, but the truth is, I 'm too tired 'or' Well, I have some 'time for creativity, but they are too busy with other things, "or" It would be nice to have a creative habit, but this is a luxury for the wealthy and have to pay the bills " or "Me, creative? But I'm notArtist, I am an office manager! "
If your answer to the question of creativity is like none of the above responses, it is time to change your attitude about your ability to be creative. In this chapter, a number of mythical characters and real people, creativity is not considered a luxury to be imported, but their birthright. The truth is that we are all born with the ability to be creative as we are born with the ability to think, dream and imagine. But whilesome of us continue to honor creativity in the course of our life and enjoy the benefits of creative practice, many others reveal how we enjoy our creativity in their habits, looking not only is creative, but often self-destructive.
The price we pay if we want our right to be creative in the knee as high as those we pay when we stifle our dreams. In my practice as a psychotherapist and coach, most of the customers complained about feelings of depression, insomnia, panic attacks, lowSelf-esteem, or feelings of uselessness, are those who ignore their dreams and their creative impulses. Over the years I have helped a number of people re-create with their natural ability to enjoy watching the benefits of their creativity: a restored self-confidence, ability to improve the life of the stresses of daily life, freedom from depression and a feeling handle fulfillment, that no medical treatment alone will never catalyst.
How to work with the fourth stage of lifethis method is important for you to experience the joy of creative development and maintenance habits. Reconnect with your creativity, you can be spontaneous and courageous as you suspend proceedings on the results of your creative efforts. Benefits of being creative is always a sense of lasting joy, inner freedom and independence from others approval. The more you allow yourself to be creative, the more secure we become, the better you are, asthemselves.
CREATIVITY '101
"Building" means "to exist", "launch, something that never existed before." Everything that is created first thought. Therefore, the creativity of human activity in which we design our imagination to material form, our creative ideas. I In this context, a creative person is not only fertile in ideas, but also active in the materializing creative ideas in the real world. This creative input not only enriched theindividual life of the creator, but also the world in general.
Creative people are not necessarily professional artists. They come from all walks of life and creativity applies to all aspects of our civilization: it allows scientists to discover the hidden laws of the universe or are new cures for terminal diseases, create business opportunities for innovation in national economies ; advocates excellence in their field through their creativity, problem-solving ideas, visionarynations leading politicians for freedom and prosperity, innovative methods of teaching teachers to create the turning farmers or agricultural methods of farming, the chefs create culinary masterpieces or cooking methods revolutionary leadership of administrators in successful organizations through creative leadership; detectives solving mysteries and imprisoning criminal creative thinking. Age, educational level and socioeconomic status is not important: a creative personmay be a child, adolescent, adult or elderly person. He or she may be single or married, divorced or widowed, childless or with children. Individual differences may be unlimited. But there are three properties that are listed below that all creative people together, it is necessary to develop as you work with this method to share:
Others Creative people honor their creative impulses
Creative people know the relationship between creativity and productivity, and must be preservedthem in balance. Cultivate their creative needs for time and space to stimulate the imagination and access to creative thinking. And bring their creative ideas into reality more productive. Honor their creativity through the protection and care for their ideas and after a discipline, hard work, concentration, isolation, unusual choices to sacrifice and devotion to the creative purpose and confidence in their voice. However, despiteNeeds of the creative process, remain faithful to exercise their creative potential is never a burden to the creative. The joy that their training is complete so pure that redeems all the efforts exerted during the process.
Examples of characters in the film are the creative people abound. Some of them are presented in this chapter. I encourage you to watch movies and see how their different personalities but similar in the way they honor theircreative impulses. These characters are simple people the desire to create for the joy, like all of us. While watching the movie, you will be inspired to connect with their creativity and sense of joy that you see, do in the movies.
Working Girl is the story of a young woman determined to realize their creative ideas that have, so as not adequate to protect their leader. Tess McGill, the main character is an administrative thirty yearsAssistant, which in Staten Island and commutes every day life for their work in the financial district of Manhattan. On the ferry, and reads them at night, take lessons. Tess wants to become something more than a secretary. And 'bright, talented, informed and, above all, she has creative ideas on mergers and acquisitions, which have presented their new boss, Katharine Parker, to appreciate the hope and offered a better position in the company. But Catherine has severalIntentions when Tess offers a brilliant idea that a large company to save a foreign acquisition, Katharine and steals their presents as his client, not to mention Tess advice elsewhere.
Not too long before Tess discovers that their creativity is being exploited. She swears to protect their idea and use of all available resources make it possible, even if it means that they act as Katharine. While Katharine recovery path after a skiing accident,Tess takes the identity of Katharine and follows through with their plan, will fight to see their idea into reality until the end, even after his true identity is discovered and exposed as a fraud. But to take, thanks to their perseverance and willingness to risk his own creative idea to give Tess does not. Katharine minutes before exposing signs deal with customers, shows that the idea was originally theirs, and wins. When oven Trask, the customer asked why he TessThese and risk their reputation is their response:
"One of the rules can become once more in the forefront, but as you try, can be obtained. And if you're someone like me, you can not get there without the rules."
Oven admire their courage to fight for their ideas, responds:
"You have a real fire in the belly, Ms. McGill.
Tess has the answer to this one adding that the fight to protect the creativity is never easy:
"I'm not quite sure whatMean sir. I have something in my stomach, but I think it's nervous knots. "
Tess McGill is not an artist. Your creativity is not created to express through poetry, writing or painting, but brilliant ideas of several million dollars of innovations in the financial world. recognized, but to protect, as an artist, his work aside from the fighting, fighting for their ideas from them. She is diligent, thorough, courageous and loves what he does. It does not restuntil he sees taking shape in reality. And, given their limited resources, think and act creatively in their martyrdom against all odds, until the truth surfaces, and they met their dream.
Another tribute to creative people is the epic Titanic, with the sign in honor of his creativity to his last moments, even when the "unsinkable ship" in the depths of the abyssal North Atlantic drowning filled. The story is told 84 years later byFlashbacks of Rose de Witt, a survivor, while sitting in his study of ceramics. Rose is a hundred years and she is still creating ceramics. Surrounded by his work, recalls his fateful journey and leads Jack Dawson, a young artist and the love of his life, tragically died during the journey. He spent some time with him, but their love was immortal.
When she recalls her moments together, Rose eighty-four years brings us back to "the erotic moment of his life"that allows us to witness hours before his death, drawing a nude Jack is her only wearing a necklace with a large blue diamond. The beauty of a rose in seventeen of love is immortalized in the drawings, seen through the eyes of the artist. "I could not stop shaking admits to 'old rose, in allusion to the erotic intensity of the experience stayed with her forever. Art by Jack caught a life of love that survived his death. For Rose has its art create not only their design,Jack created immortality.
As Rose points out, we live with it the tragic scenes, such as the sinking ship to unfold. There are five musicians of the ship showed the completion of their last piece of music. Observe the unknown musician bid their last farewell and feet, except for the violinist, who remains in one place and start playing alone. Like other members of the orchestra to hear him play, to stop and return to him in the game. In the midst of a crowd of screaming passengersRunning in vain to save their lives, these musicians to peacefully accept their imminent death, and choose to celebrate life with their music until the ocean swallows them blind to their last note. Defying death remained until the last breath is one of the most powerful messages in this epic, which is also a tribute to the inner freedom, eternal love, unforgiving, and the right to truth, honor creative.
b. Creative people create Healing
Creative people are healers.Create all the wounds inflicted inevitable to bring life. Your creative output is his response to aggression, deprivation, injustice and evil that abounds in reality, unfortunately. With the institution, helping to increase the beauty, harmony and love, without which life can not exist. Creativity is their only weapon against the disease of depression, boredom or loneliness, and the source of strength, courage and hope. Creative people do not allow the burdenLife discouraged. Create, despite the everyday pressures and dramas to overcome pain, fear, poverty, illness and even death.
"When I dance happened, something, and I somehow disappear," says Billy Elliot during his interview with the Royal Ballet Academy. "It 's difficult at first, but then something happens and I start to fly. I feel free. I Disappear air like a bird, like electricity. Yeah, like electricity ... "
Billy calls "power" ofdivine light that spark in him around when he dived into the creative process, illuminating his life and the world around him. Through dance, disappear with his being the Creator, like him, little Billy. The joy of dance to heal her grief for her sick mother, her concern for the sick grandmother, her pain mistreated by his brother, and rejected his mourning for his father. Billy's integrity is in its dance. At that moment his daily life becomes secondary and heyou feel really alive.
There is no process lively compared to the creative process. Its essence is the substance of life, nature will push to reach across borders and creation. And once the foundation is completed, there is no joy for the creator of the deepest joy of sharing with the world. A modern myth describes how the whole creative process takes the agent not only creative but also for those with the creative results of BabetteFest.
Based on a story by Isan Dinesen, Babette's Feast is remotely Frederikshavn, a small Lutheran church on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, in the second half of the nineteenth century. The villagers are fundamentalists clinging to a rigid Puritan dogma. His life is dedicated to respect for religious, reciting the scriptures, poverty and avoid any temptation of the mind and body. My churches and houses are basic, no decorations orFurniture can offer minimal comforts. Their costumes are tight, interactions are limited as lengthy silence is required to maintain the spiritual tone of relations, to indulge in simple pleasures such as food or other more complex physical desires is just incredible. For this community, the joy is a sin.
One day a French woman comes into the country and offers his services as a waitress in Martina and Philippa, the two unmarried daughters of the nucleus Pouel, sick spiritual leader and founder of this community. During his lifetime, he managed to ban nuclear father to her daughters, have a relationship with the outside world to force them to abandon any prospect of marriage or career. Through his intervention, which ended Martina their love for a young officer wanted to marry her, while Philippa friendship ended on their own initiative with a Paris opera singers, scared of the pleasure experienced during her singing lessons. Years later, the same> Opera Singer sends Babette to their homes, wages and agrees to work without their maid. For fourteen years ago, diligently following the rules of the community, cooking simple meals, to observe the silence and help the sisters with their community service.
No one knows Babette was a gourmet chef at the Cafe Anglais, a famous French restaurant, until one day I asked the sisters if they can prepare a sumptuous meal for the entire French villagehis father's 100th birthday. Babette offers for the entire party to pay the money he won the lottery in Paris. The nurses were reluctant but finally agreed, provided that visitors to observe the vow of silence during the meal, not to indulge in pleasure. Babette prepare orders food from France and embarks on the festival. Soon the ingredients: live turtles for soup, venison and beef for the main course, a wheelbarrow full of courage, a bottle of champagneand wine, and trunks with China, fine silver, crystal glasses, lace, linen, candles and imagination. For days, Babette worked in the kitchen, making a feast of love, a true masterpiece that will forever change the lives of communities.
As the evening of the festival comes, the villagers gather around a table, where the taste with mussels in a sauce of vodka, turtle soup, caviar, quail stuffed with foie gras and truffles, meats, cheeses and delicious desserts expensive . When sheraise their glasses to drink champagne Veuve Clicquot, superb, can not help it: Moved by the Spirit for power and wrapped in the joy of his taste, that vow of silence, they begin to interact and break. For the first time aware that they can be spiritual, prosperity enjoyed by the abundance of material. When the pleasure of tasting each Babette is jacking up the higher spheres, the retired general who throws Marina discouraged suitor from the past, a suddenGlass explained, to ensure that nothing is impossible. Babette has brought plenty of joy to all beyond words, the strengthening of its mind with the hope that is not really missed a chance in life, until you want to realize a dream of my heart. His festivals, the creation of such emotional and spiritual wealth for the retired community also demonstrated that the person is poor, not create.
While the villagers enjoy the majesty of the senses, Babette, alone in the kitchen, delights inFulfillment of his dream, his cooking is a whole village curate, all fear banished joy. speaks with a view to us, she goes with an appeal to the desire of all creators to create the whole:
"From all over the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Let me do my best."
c. Creative people track their projects to a conclusion
From the creative projects that have started over the years, those who are actually ready?Remember, "" mean "something brought into existence to provide" full. If your creative project ideas that have never been found are completed, started, did not consider creative activities. Sorry, but these efforts are only abandoned patiently honest to your attention.
We all have "given up efforts" hidden somewhere at home, in our drawers, our computer hard drive, even in our minds: a 25-page script that is nearing completion, an incomplete needlecraft, ceiling orKnitting project, a library, we built the garage, but never painted, or in the bedroom of our son, a vintage car that we have in the past decade, reconstruction, foreign language we have never learned to speak fluent , a dance, we never learned, without causing our partners, public embarrassment or dance, a special recipe for the pot we bought but never unpacked, the idea to expand our business, we have never pursued writing in our notebook, and soon.
Which brings us to leave our creative projects and create betrayed the joy? A common explanation, we stop the creative process, because they give us the "fear of criticism or fear of failure" is. This is only partially right because, in reality, we share a lot of self-destructive effort to ignore the criticism and inviting failure in our health, finances and personal and professional life: We indulge in junk food to know that our cholesterol count climb uswatch countless hours of television for negligence, for communicating with friends, relatives and friends, spend money compulsively, knowing that we are hurting our credit, we cut corners at work to know that we found at the end and place the responsibility will be called and so on. The truth is that the reason for giving up our creative projects are not afraid of criticism, but our fear of commitment, a difficult process, period. E 'in our nature to give up the habit when creativeDifficulties cause discomfort and treat yourself to destructive habits simply because they are easily and instantly gratifying.
One of the misconceptions is that the creative process is a constant source of joy, freedom and success. Nothing could be further from the truth, look: the creative process is as challenging as any other and requires a sincere commitment from beginning to end. Each project presents creative challenges, obstacles, difficulties andProblems suspend joy until they fix. Therefore, the joy of creativity to start a project in a hundred, zero percent in constant challenges of his ten and ninety percent for its implementation. But once the creation is complete, the experiences of the author from the exchange with the world is full of pure pleasure. In Western religious doctrines with a deep, restful enjoyment of the Creator is described as the world entered the seventh day of creation.Creative are looking for people to forgo this pleasure, and not because their efforts to unwanted children, but treat their creative projects, such as children must go before they are related to self-sufficient, despite the challenges and rough spots through ' constant love and devotion.
An example of a creative person, the project meets with his amazing determination to overcome the criticisms and personal attacks, national reports, is Maya Lin. Their story is the subject of documentaryA strong, clear vision, a tribute to their creative work with a particular attention to their remarkable performance, the Vietnam Memorial Wall. In 1981, when 21-year-old senior architecture major at Yale, Maya Lin won the first prize in the competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the north-west of the Mall in Washington DC had brought her to design a simple, elegant abstract and two walls of 247 meters long, polished black granite, below grade and connected to an angle of 125 degrees forthe names of more than 58,000 Americans dead or missing from the war are engraved in letters placed just over half an inch high and in chronological order by year of death or disappearance.
Lin's winning design did not enjoy the acceptance by the public would have been expected. As soon as it became known, dismissed the bitter criticism of a small but powerful group of veterans of Vietnam for its color, the inclusion of proposals in the ground, and the lack of heroicQuality. The design was a "black ditch" or "black gash of shame identified. Some conservative politicians supported the opposition, a compromise was reached. After a series of high profile meetings in which Maya Lin personally attacked and was repeatedly forced to defend their project, it was finally decided at a memorial American flag on a pole 60 feet, attach a set of realistic models of three seven-foot bronze figures of the Vietnam era of American soldiers from anotherArtists. Fortunately, these additions were far enough from the wall, so that his artistic integrity is not compromised.
Maya Lin resisted unfair, chauvinistic and racist attacks from time to time with admirable strength and inner serenity. He never compromised the integrity of their vision or hearing process, the principles of its design: The Wall Memorial was a healing memorial, offers visitors an intimate and contemplative because it allowed them to experienceit conveys a profound sense of loss. Lin persistence led to the phenomenal success of their project once it is completed. The monument was inaugurated and officially opened to the public November 11 1982, Veteran's Day. Since that day, more than ten thousand people a day visit the wall, including Vietnam veterans, families of the fallen, and the general public, the depth of care that the name of experience, deaths and disappearances that seem to float on a black transparent area,exercise their power to evoke strong emotions. Moreover, as visitors can see his face reflected on the dark polished black granite, they are invited to a dimension where life and death are two sides of a continuous experience in force. The monument, in silence, speak every visitor a very personal, yet universal life and death, grief and loss, and embrace what can not be changed.
Another extraordinary woman, who won a legacy of troubleBring a creative project until completion Roberta Guaspari, the heroin of Music of the Heart. Based on real life Roberta, the film tells the story of the struggle of a violin teacher to teach underprivileged children in East Harlem. After his devastating divorce, Roberta found with two children in difficulty and work. A music teacher a few opportunities for work, she is aware of an opening in a public school in East Harlem. After the conviction of the Executive Committee ofValue of music education in their school, has committed. Roberta began her work in a problem-driven, filled with burning, underpaid teachers, accustomed to expect very little of himself and the school system. Besides the children, most from families with difficult, low support at home for academic achievement, much less learn the violin.
Roberta begins to work with zeal and obstinacy of a neophyte, as the children challenge their authority and the questionValue of their work. But she was not intimidated. Showing determination, amazing inner strength and genuine interest in children, finally wins her trust and combines it with the violin. As his students learn to play, has improved their self-confidence have a positive influence on other aspects of their lives. His parents, already skeptical Roberta its role in their school, their children see and begin to flourish respect and admire Roberta. He deserves all. Trust
blooms in the last ten years, Roberta program, earn a great reputation in town until the year 1991, is school finance. Roberta will not let that happen. Determined to give the biggest battle of her life, she calls the assistance of parents, a journalist, and a number of best violinists in the world, and has organized a concert at Carnegie Hall to raise funds and amazing save their program. The concert, in which she and her students to share the stage with artists such asIsaac Stern, Arnold Steinhardt, Itzhac Perlman, and Sandra Park, is a phenomenal success and raises funds to ensure the survival of their program for many years.
Roberta Guaspari is a living legend. An Italian-American woman who had made her home in Harlem, playing violin for nine years. Music has given her peace, reason and inner strength when his divorce destroys their lives. He brought his gift to the heart of the city schools, and generously shared with children,enable them to honor their creativity and pursue their dreams forever.
The characteristics of a garment Creative
In the next section, you will be asked to develop the habit of creative activities and recommended the following exercises. As you can discover and promote your creative habit, keep in mind their main characteristics. Creative habit:
Before gives you energy.
Depending on your interest.
Third You are free to make mistakes and use them as learningExperiences.
Fourth challenge your thoughts, your imagination goes, and generates new discoveries and ideas to solve problems.
Fifth Increase your confidence and self-acceptance.
completion REEL IN ACTION
A MOVIE TIME! Watch a movie for fun, learn a life lesson
The following films portray different characters with one thing: their lives through their willingness to be creatively designed. Choose a movie and watch it alone or with groups. Replyquestions at the end of the list in writing and discuss your answers with your group. Repeat the same with films on the list, as time allows:
A Chef in Love (1997), directed by Nana Dzhordzhadze
Amadeus (1984), directed by Milos Forman
Artemisia (1997), directed by Agnes Merlet
Babette's Feast (1987), directed by Gabriel Axel
Big Night (1996), Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci Director
Billy Elliot (2000), directed by StephenDaldry
Camille Claudel (1988), directed by Bruno Nuyttens
Chocolat (2000) by Lasse Hallström
Finding Neverland (2004), directed by Marc Forster
Frida (1988), directed by Paul Leduc
Frida (2002), directed by Julie Taymor
Immortal Beloved (1994), directed by Bernard Rose
Like Water for Chocolate (1992), directed by Alfonso Arau
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994), directed by Freida Lee Mock
Music of the Heart (1999);directed by Wes Craven
Pleasantville (1998), directed by Gary Ross
Pollock (2000), directed by Ed Harris
Shall We Dance? (1996), directed by Masayuki your
Shall We Dance? (2004), directed by Peter Chelsom
Surviving Picasso (1996), directed by James Ivory
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1954), directed by Carol Reed
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron
Working Girl (1988);directed by Mike Nichols
to answer the questions:
First What is the role of creativity in the life of the protagonist of the story?
Depending on how you respond to the environment, the main character of creativity?
Third to do what other forces for the life of the character to his creativity?
Fourth Note that these forces not only external but also internal.
How does the fifth sign, should his stay creative? What he is defending his /Creativity? List its shares and their valuation.
How do you get the sixth story and what lessons you have on your creativity?
Seventh What are you willing to do to become more creative?
B. creativity exercises: for you
Before Developing a habit Creative
Before Think of something that I wanted to do for a long time, or something you used to do as a child, but later abandoned, because you up with the obligations of life. It 's something that will be usedPleasure.
According Set time aside and begin the process of developing a creative habit. In the beginning you may feel uncomfortable, as if they were on a first date. Do not give up, in time, dissipate and awkwardness will be replaced by joy.
Third time to time, review the progress of becoming, through the five characteristics of the habit of creative creative above. Remember, you know that you are getting more creative, because the feeling of inner joy andconfidence in your ability to solve problems in unusual ways smart amazing!
As to avoid being creative? Check-in
Before the U.S. plan to one day count the number of hours spent watching television in a week.
Also according to the hours they spend surfing the Internet every day to chat, internet or read and write e-mail.
Third Promise you spend half the time on television and the Internet, and the middle of doing somethingcreative. Challenge yourself.
The third courage to be creative: some ideas
Before Doing something that you wanted from the long delay have to do. For example: Learn how to decorate work on your car, cook a room in the house, develop a business idea, learn how to learn to dance, to start a collection, such as jewelry learn a foreign language. Follow your desire and listen to your heart.
According Take the habit of doing something constructive or creative when the handles in auseless emotions like anger or sadness. Keep a log of your activities and progress. Are with the results of your life to be surprised in a very short time. (Hint: Look at Billy Elliot dances his anger from the movie above).
Third part in a group or class and learn something with your hands (for example, ceramics, gardening, cooking, making, jewelry, welding, furniture making, knitting, etc.) Put your body in the creative process, especially if hours in an office.
FourthIf you like the music of a choir or learn an instrument. Organize music nights in your home. (My client has organized an "Opera Night" in their homes, their guests as a famous opera characters, and each carries his favorite aria. Then they had champagne and a home-cooked dinner.)
End of a fifth project that started and abandoned some time ago. If you are ready to celebrate a feast for your conclusions.
Sixth, there are hundreds of pounds andvideo tapes to do business. Borrow some of your public library and read. Find a job or activity that interests you and you create in him. Allow yourself to have fun in the process.
Seventh For Christmas, a birthday or a special holiday gift for your family, friends or loved ones, instead of buying them, you can use the cards handmade, homemade cake, a craft, a knitted sweaters are made , a toy carved frame a drawing, collage, anything that stimulates your imaginationand will be happy to create. Invite your family to do the same. Handmade gifts are special and very useful not only for those receiving it, but also for those who make them. Are less likely thrown away or put away, and disappears gain value over time.
8th Take a cooking class or create your party of bosses ", where you invite friends to join together in a boiled dinner. Rent a cook-video, go to your recipe books and have a lot of fun creatingKitchen!
Ninth interview three people who feel creative in any domain. Ask them about their creative habits and their relationship with their creativity. Ask them about the gifts they receive from their creative habits. To seek guidance on how to develop and maintain the creative habit.
10th Write the names of three people, let their creative energy through their actions, words, attitudes or drain. Choose to limit your contact with them to a minimum, and use the time to develop aCreative habit.
11 Name three of discharge, to use your creative energy or your time from under a Creative dress. They decide to stop participating in these activities immediately and save your creative energy.
C. Things to remember
● Creativity takes practice to become a habit.
● If you are creative feel free. If you enjoy an open mind, others have the freedom of creativity. This makes you charming and very oftenirresistible.
● creativity and joy are twins.
