Digi-Scene

I've been thinking alot about creativity lately. For whatever reason, I've always associated creativity with pursuits that are more artistic in nature, but have come to realize that creativity should really be something that everyone tries to nurture in every aspect of life. Creativity is something that brings vitality and life to work that can tend to become monotonous and boring. Creativity can be the result when we indulge our curiosity and ask the crazy questions. I've become an "adult" though and unfortunately I have turned off the natural and wide ranging interests I had when I was a child.

I like to watch the talks from TED that have been archived on the internet, because they expose me to ideas and people that I wouldn't necessarily have heard of. One that sticks out to me was a talk by Elizabeth Gilbert on the nature of creativity and genius. She talked about how genius used to be considered a magical divine entity, not part of the person themself. I know it's not logically sound, but that idea resonates with me because people that have a gift of genius seem to somehow be touched by something mystical and special outside of themselves.

I'm planning to look into this further to see what I can do to encourage creativity in myself, not just on special projects, but as a way of life. If anyone has books or other resources please recommend them in the comments.