Creativity is it’s own reward.
-Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

I commonly hear from adults who come to the studio confess that they are not creative. I don’t agree. In fact, I would go so far as to dispute their notion. We are all creative! I hope that as we talk they start to see within themselves that creativity is alive and well and wants to play.

By definition, creativity is bringing a new idea into physical form. This is not a gauge against other people but within yourself, your new ideas, new ways to to the things you need to do and want to do. It is a playful element of our human make-up and we all have it. When we express it, we come alive a little more in our skin. I have become aware that kids are plugged into their creativity all the time, their wheels are always turning, always coming up with new ways to play, to try out their worlds. We’ve all heard it said that children are our teachers but, I think they are our reminders of how to be, how to explore, how to dabble in our creativity and feel more alive in our days. It is an action we take, a form of self expression. A way we can share ourselves with others and with the world.
Watching creativity spark with creators at the studio we think of it as creativity flow. When creativity flows, we are in the moment. We are present. We are.
Creativity is it’s own reward.