Today, I am inspired to create. I want nothing more than to dismantle a house and completely remodel it. Or design a home from the ground up, step back, and admire the work. I never knew how much I would miss this creative outlet when we finished our 10-year renovation project and sold it last year.
I loved all its facets: demolition, planning, purchasing, and especially the reconstruction process. Each phase held its own excitement and kept us moving along, awaiting the final result. While renovating or designing a home isn’t an option for me on this particular day, I can still feel the creativity brimming over, looking for something to pour into.
Do you ever get this feeling? Like there is something just below your surface, waiting to erupt into a glorious, wonderful existence? Maybe a feeling that something inside you is begging to be discovered, if you only had the right tools. I’ll wager it’s more common than you might think.
But why create?
Is it a confidence boost – the feeling of having achieved something worthy of display, something we made ourselves? Do we create as a means to solve problems or adapt and improve things? Do we create to learn and explore? Our individual motives may be different, and they may change with the seasons, but deep down, I feel like there is a bigger reason for our desire to create.
A quick look at the word ‘Create’ in a thesaurus and you’ll see synonyms like Build, Compose, Discover, Produce, Invent, Conceive, Spawn, Hatch. Interesting that some of these words insinuate a sort of parental responsibility, and I quite agree.
As human creations ourselves, all of us possess the inherent desire and capability to create something each and every day. Whether it be a holiday craft project, a delicious meal, or a much-needed solution for your company, you’re probably already creating in more ways than you realize.
Some may brand creation as Art, but this term tends to limit some minds. It causes so many to say ‘I’m not an artist, I don’t have the talent for that kind of stuff.’
But what if we thought about creation as more than a predetermined ability, bestowed only upon the lucky few? What if we held creativity in higher regard than just a self-promotional tool? What if creativity was considered an essential method of communication, soul to soul?
Imagine a world where we are all driven by our response to what we observe, to create without the need for justification, judgement or doubt. Ultimately, I believe that creativity gives meaning to our existence, and there may be nothing more fulfilling.
What can we create today?