Personal growth and the creative process March 9, 2014
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in The Creative Process.Tags: achieving goals, creative process, creativity, personal development, personal development potential, personal growth, self-improvement
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Some of us may have decided to include some sort of creative activity, such as writing or painting/drawing, to our program and concept of realizing our personal development potential.
If so, it is important to recognize a key principle of any creative activity if we are to avoid frustration, and then possibly giving up the idea because of a lack of progress.
We need to remind ourselves that the gateway to enjoying any creative or artistic activity is to learn the basics first, the foundational elements.
Ian Roberts, in his book Creative Authenticity, emphasises the need for doing the groundwork in creative activities before we can expect to be truly creative in any discipline:
“I know art teachers that just want students to express themselves as if the talent and ability is inborn and if the students just gets out of the way, it will magically roll out onto the paper. But imagine having that attitude to a music lesson. If on your first class your violin teacher said, ‘now just express yourself’, you would think he or she was crazy.”
As Roberts stresses, “…if you want to express yourself, learning your craft is a good start.”
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