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The Creativity Equation
Authenticity is self-discovery.
Authenticity is self-improvement.
Authenticity is self-revelation.
You can’t have creativity without authenticity, and if you are authentic, creative pursuits are an ideal way to express it.
It makes sense, right? The more authentic you are, the more effortless creativity feels. Picture your kids. If you set out art supplies and leave the room, most kids will create a masterpiece.
So why is it so hard to be creative as adults?
Part of it is patience. Creativity emerges in downtime. It requires breathing room, enough space to feel free and let go.
But confidence is a part of the equation, too, and it often gets ignored. Confidence allows for creative exploration, experimentation, ideas, and insights to occur in the first place.
Confidence provides the energy to start, the courage to come up with ideas and try them out, the resilience to suck and carry on.
A person who sits down to paint thinking, “I’m not really a painter,” is already limiting herself.
