Creative expression is perhaps the greatest manifestation of freedom. No matter the source of inspiration, we are endowed with creative abilities, to dream up, conceive, invent, build, compose, and otherwise manifest our thoughts into tangible reality. Those that are fortunate enough to utilize this gift are able to express their freedom productively, artistically, beautifully or in other life enhancing ways. Creativity applies to more than new inventions and novel concepts. Most often creativity involves fresh ideas about existing conditions which spark expression or solutions to problems that are different and better. A mindset of improvement is all that is required.
When we tap our creative abilities we find an outlet for our unique personhood. We can use imagination, synthesis, composition, design, formation, construction, movement, emotion, calculation, logic, interpretation, improvisation, metaphor, solution, cohesion, language, color, sound or other unlimited means of turning ideas into reality. This transformational process gives us the chance to manifest the best asset of our human brain, its ability to adapt to changing conditions and to improve the circumstances and environment in which we live. As we seek to create, we can strive to exist in the zone of flow, where skill and challenge are at their highest levels and we exist in a field of mastery and spontaneity, where time sense is altered, focus is acute, self consciousness is diminished and performance is natural and positive.
The sooner we can meet our basic needs for safety, security, connection and love, the more opportunity we have to realize our creative human potential. The more we create, the more we meet our needs for significance, progress and growth. This process benefits not only ourselves but the rest of humanity when our creative efforts in some way serve the greater good. Creativity is not just for artists. Strive to use your creative gifts. No matter who you are or what you do, making ideas real is a feature of humanity and a realization of your human potential. Simply develop the mindset of creative expression and apply it to anything that inspires your interest and energy. Embracing this attitude of openness to ideas that strike you spontaneously will help you utilize your creative capacity and figure out how to turn your best ideas into reality.