Creativity

My soon to be 4 year old daughter, Shelby, is at the age where she is putting together some very interesting clothing choices. It doesn’t stop with her questionable choice of mismatched outfits she wants to impose her tastes on me as well. She has it in her mind that I should dress up as a “My Little Pony” for her birthday party. I love my daughter but I refuse to dress up as a “My Little Pony”. It seems that her meal choices can be as eclectic (word for the day) as her clothing choices. This evening she had waffles and stove top stuffing – mmmm yummy.

Isn’t it amazing how creative children can be? Something happens to our creativity as we age; we seem to get a bit more “domesticated”. At some point we seem to lose our inhibitions and creativity takes a hike. I find myself saying “Man, I wish I were more creative”. Maybe you’ve said the same kind of thing before. The truth is – we are creative; it is just a matter of tapping back into what the world has tried to drive out of us ever since we were children.

I’m thinking I need to allow myself a bit more space to dream and think outside of the box. My thinking has become too predictable, too linear, too “domesticated”. I’m going to give myself permission to dream once again. You should give it a shot too…

I’m still not going to dress up as a “My Little Pony” for her party though.