Creativity is a funny thing. Not funny as in a joke, but funny like when a banana doesn’t smell like a banana. Just funny. I watch Frank deal with creativity all the time. It has driven him up every wall we have and completely through one or two. You can always tell when he’s in that mood… because we suddenly have a new doorway.
You don’t necessarily have to be an “artist” to be creative. Most of us show how creative we are simply by being able to get through the day in one piece. The more you rely on in, the less it seems to cooperate. But, if you don’t call it, try to trap it…let it come to you when it seems ready, it’ll rock your socks off. That’s what I mean when I call it funny. It’s fickle. It’ll leave you high and dry or it’ll save your bacon.
Carrying that burden isn’t easy. It’s work. Non-creatives don’t realize how tiring being creative can be. It’s not just getting the ideas… it’s being able to detect which ones will rise and which ones will start to smell like gym socks dipped in spoiled milk. Try coming up with five ideas. Ideas for anything. Once you’ve done that, do it again. Once you’ve done that, do it again. Now, find a wall and run up it. Tired yet? Good. Now take those 15 ideas you had, and pick the best one. After that. make something out of it. Then, do it again.
Tired?
