Creativity is one of the most significant abilties we possess as human beings. It’s, by far, one of the most beneficial super powers we’ve gained from these big brains we lug around in our heads. This weird and phenomenal gift makes it so that we’re able to come with new ideas, concepts, and stuff that NEVER existed in the world
before.
Whether it’s a simple sketch, a photograph, a story, a song or the blueprints for an invention or mindset that will change the world, each person’s unique personality type, cognitive process, history and physical skillset, all come together to form ideas that are entirely new to the world.
That, my fiends, is simply mind blowing.
So why is it so hard to be creative sometimes? It’s because we’re afraid of failure. We’re afraid that the product of
our creative labors might suck. That other people might thing it’s stupid, or even worse, that WE might think it’s stupid.
I'm truly fascinated by the whole concept of creativity and I wrote about this topic as a blog post a few months ago. I realize I included a link to this post in your intro newsletter issue, but I wanted to make sure you actually got a chance to read it.
Check out the rest of my article,
There is No Failure in Creativity and see my thoughts on how to
approach getting around our fears of failure surrounding creativity. And remember to let yours flow freely as you head out to shoot this weekend, and in the rest of the summer. Creativity is far too important to let it be dampened by fear, but it's something that happens to all of us.
