Creativity: Intelligence Having Fun

On By Dawn MinottIn Prose

If creativity is indeed intelligence having fun, as the wise Albert Einstein surmised, then what does the creative process looks like.

Well, for one—it’s messy!

But I recently read a HuffPost article which listed 18 things that highly creative people do differently. I post them here because I can relate and based on what I’ve seen from those whose blogs I’m interacting with, y’all would likely concur. So here goes:

Us creatives:

  1. Daydream
  2. Observe
  3. Work the hours that work for us
  4. Take me time/seek solitude
  5. People-watch
  6. Turn life’s obstacles around/“lemonade” makers
  7. Ask the “big” questions/insatiably curious
  8. Fail up—we got bouncebackability
  9. Seek out new experiences
  10. Take risks
  11. Lose track of time
  12. Surround with beauty
  13. Shake things up/diversity
  14. Self-express
  15. Follow true passion
  16. Make time for mindfulness
  17. Imagine not just present but future, not just ours but others
  18. Connect the dots/see possibilities/vision

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.

Steve Jobs

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