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Crafty Tuesday You are Creative
Oct. 22nd, 2014 04:21 pmYes, I know it is Wednesday but this for whatever reason didn’t fire on Tuesday on one journal and I forgot about the other due to things happening around the house but I thought this was important to say
I was reading through a craft board for something and someone said that they weren’t creative just able to do a craft well. A bunch of us informed them that they were selling themselves short and they were very creative in how they take the craft and turn it into all kinds of fun things.
Everyone is creative in some way. Let that one sink in. You, dear reader, are a creative person.
There are people who tell other people that they aren’t creative or they aren’t very good at (fill in the blank). And after a while they start to believe it. I was told at a young age that I wasn’t good at art so I stopped for a while but that itch wouldn’t go away and I found ways to express my creativity.
In college I was well know for my parody plays that we did at the cast party. A couple were done more than once. I was very proud of those.
Part of being creative is practicing your creativity.
I have been making puppets for over 30 years. My first ones were OK but as I did more of them, I learned how to make them better. I learned how to pick out the important details to make the puppets look the way I wanted. I also figured out that puppets don’t care about seams and button holes. I still have a couple of my first puppets including my Sandman puppet that was my introduction to Neil Gaiman.
One of the reasons I write a web log, besides keeping family and friends up on things is to make me write.
I know I can write. I know I can write both fiction and non-fiction. I have had people tell me that they enjoy reading what I write. Now I haven’t pursued it like I should. Part of it, I think, is fear of rejection, which I need to get over. I have a voice and I want to use it to entertain others. Yes, being married to someone who finds creative writing as easy as breathing does give one pause about how good their work is but again need to get over it.
I can make things with my hands. I am very good at it. I have been told as much by a number of people.
I am saying that everyone who reads this is a creative person. Take some time to find it within and then express it without.
I am grateful that creativity was encouraged by my parents.
I was reading through a craft board for something and someone said that they weren’t creative just able to do a craft well. A bunch of us informed them that they were selling themselves short and they were very creative in how they take the craft and turn it into all kinds of fun things.
Everyone is creative in some way. Let that one sink in. You, dear reader, are a creative person.
There are people who tell other people that they aren’t creative or they aren’t very good at (fill in the blank). And after a while they start to believe it. I was told at a young age that I wasn’t good at art so I stopped for a while but that itch wouldn’t go away and I found ways to express my creativity.
In college I was well know for my parody plays that we did at the cast party. A couple were done more than once. I was very proud of those.
Part of being creative is practicing your creativity.
I have been making puppets for over 30 years. My first ones were OK but as I did more of them, I learned how to make them better. I learned how to pick out the important details to make the puppets look the way I wanted. I also figured out that puppets don’t care about seams and button holes. I still have a couple of my first puppets including my Sandman puppet that was my introduction to Neil Gaiman.
One of the reasons I write a web log, besides keeping family and friends up on things is to make me write.
I know I can write. I know I can write both fiction and non-fiction. I have had people tell me that they enjoy reading what I write. Now I haven’t pursued it like I should. Part of it, I think, is fear of rejection, which I need to get over. I have a voice and I want to use it to entertain others. Yes, being married to someone who finds creative writing as easy as breathing does give one pause about how good their work is but again need to get over it.
I can make things with my hands. I am very good at it. I have been told as much by a number of people.
I am saying that everyone who reads this is a creative person. Take some time to find it within and then express it without.
I am grateful that creativity was encouraged by my parents.
