{"id":4864,"date":"2012-09-20T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2012-09-18T14:17:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T04:17:58","slug":"a-new-way-to-get-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/09\/a-new-way-to-get-creative\/","title":{"rendered":"A new way to get creative!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re all creative, it just gets a bit lost under all the stuff we have to do as adults.<\/p>\n

I think it’s sad that so many people say “Oh, I’m not creative – can’t draw a thing”. Creativity isn’t about being able to draw (well, not exclusively about being able to draw!) and certainly isn’t about doing things to some external standard (who’s to say the drawing I made for fun or to capture a memory isn’t any good? It may not sell for millions or get an art critic’s approval, but that doesn’t mean it’s no good for me.)<\/p>\n

Creative just means being able to think in different ways. It’s useful for problem solving, innovation<\/a>\u00a0and having fun as well as for creative pursuits such as drawing, writing music and knitting a jumper.<\/p>\n

I even think you need to be creative to write well for business materials – it’s not just fiction writers who use words and ideas creatively.<\/p>\n

So I believe in doing things to encourage creativity<\/a> – I try for myself and my children.<\/p>\n

And I could write heaps more on developing creativity<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Song writing makes you creative<\/h2>\n

Yesterday, I had lunch with my young children and somehow we got onto rhymes and songs. As you do with two and three-year olds!<\/p>\n

My son then challenged us to write songs. With rhymes. On topics he chose.<\/p>\n

All while thinking of a tune to put the words with.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t easy – and my songs wouldn’t win any awards or go platinum, but it was fun.<\/p>\n

It also woke me up and I returned to my computer fresher and with great ideas. Getting creative sparked my brain into being more creative.<\/p>\n

Try writing songs for yourself…<\/h2>\n

You don’t have to have a three-year old urging you – just spend five minutes writing some songs. And singing them, of course!<\/p>\n

\"topics<\/a>Some of the topics I was given yesterday were…<\/p>\n