La Créativité

(Installation by Spencer Tunick)

la créativité (Fr.)/ creativity (Eng): noun: Finding new ways of doing something, by tapping into the imagination to recognize and generate ideas to execute on.

My mom used to tell me that she didn't have "a creative bone in her body." And "I can't even draw a straight line to save my life" she would often say. I think that was because my father was a very talented artist and my mom thought creativity meant that you must have a certain skill set such as a talented illustrator, painter, writer, or musician.

What I realize now is that creativity is much more general than that. It is using your imagination to do something new regardless of whether there is a blueprint or something to model it after. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't. The important thing is to go for it and provide an opportunity for change and sometimes mistakes to occur. Because change is the breeding ground for more creativity, and therefore more possibilities.

 So doesn't that mean that all parents are "creative"?

Or better yet that every single one of us is "Creative"? God only knows, there is no blueprint or model for us to live our lives from... we are creating them from the moment we are born.