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Exercises to Boost Your Creativity

Posted by Hope

Creativity comes in many forms and fashions. For many, creativity is elusive, seemingly impossible to attain. If you’ve found yourself struggling lately in the creativity department, I have some ways to show you how to boost your creativity.

• Throw away perfectionism. The “P” word is the worst enemy of creativity. Stop trying to do everything perfectly. When you throw out perfectionism, your creativity levels will begin to rise.
• Stop comparing your work to others’. All creative work is equal in and of itself. There is no such thing as someone’s work being better than your own. Each creative person’s work is unique. So stop judging your work next to someone else’s.
• Play with the mind of a child. Have you ever watched a child create something? You’ve probably noticed their lack of inhibition when it comes to the creation process. Children just allow the creation to form on its own, without thinking it through. Take a lesson from that-play with your art as a child would.
• Make a “play” date with another artist friend. Children love play dates with other children. So why not apply this same idea to your art? Invite another artist friend over for a fun afternoon of playing with your art together. Before your play date is over, you’ll both be bouncing creativity off each other.
• Boosting your creativity is not hard to do. It merely requires practice and allowing yourself to have fun with your art. Stop thinking of your creative nature as an afterthought and start paying more attention to it.

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