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Day 36: A Creativity Talking-To

Today 2 things happened related to the 33rd:

1.) I had lunch with my husband and a friend who deemed themselves my honorary and voluntary Board of Trustees for The Thirty Third. They said I was not holding up my end of the bargain to create daily… as I "took a break" and didn't create yesterday, and therefore I have to create two things today. I think I've been thinking about creating too hard and need to get back to the basics and fun of it. (And probably need that reminding from this Board every so often. Smile.)

2.) I listened to RadioLab's episode "Help!" which had some really interesting insights and ideas for the creative person this week (I would highly recommend RadioLab for learning, discussion, and ideas.) The "Help!" episode was about: "trying to figure out how to make a deal with yourself when most of you doesn't want to do what the rest of you wants to do."


The episode is at the bottom of this post if you'd like to listen to it. (Around minute 27:44 is when the part about creativity sets in, but the whole thing is interesting.) Or go here to see more info.

 

The gist of this segment of the episode is: Sometimes you have to think of the creative thing that you are trying to create as a something, a someone. Think of it as living outside of you, that it wants to "use" YOU as its catalyst. That creativity may need to be conversed with, treated nicely, loved, nurtured, or sometimes scolded, molded, and given a good "talking-to."

At the risk of sounding absolutely wacky, I decided to give my "creativity" a "talking-to." So for Yesterday (today) I created an audio segment of my giving a "talking-to" to my creative self.

Ok. So... Don't laugh. Just listen.

Megan's Creative Talking-To

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Radio-Lab, "Help!":


(Also this made me think of Jessica's Daily Affirmation. This YouTube video has been passed around the world unendingly, but if you haven't seen it, take a look.)

Day 28: Creativity, Imagination, and Kids

Last night (Day 28) I had the privilege of spending the evening with a new friend and her three-year-old daughter. So what I created was time with friends: time for relationship. But I was mesmerized by this three-year-old's imagination and creativity.

In a matter of 3 hours she:

  • Imagined the trash can was snapper turtle
  • Imagined that this turtle needed trash to eat, not food
  • Imagined that she had died her hair red
  • Imagined that she had created her whole house in the corner of a room
  • Imagined that she was a princess (who doesn't, though?)
  • Imagined that she was a dancer
  • Imagined that she was a mom and that her baby had it's own bedroom under the table
  • Imagined that she was a flying through the world while watching a video of trees and mountains I took on my phone (This is the video that you can see below so you can imagine you are flying, too)


Can you imagine all these things in that amount of time?

This may be the life of all parents with toddlers, however how much imagination is packed in one short amount of time for one young girl! Certain that I can learn a lot about the possibilities of imagination and creating from kids.

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