Good morning friends. The pursuit of creativity isn’t a once in a lifetime quest! Some seek it every moment of their lives. The great creative masters never limited their definition of creativity. Their pursuit was ongoing, to find newer and unusual ways to express themselves through their art and otherwise.
The secret inspiration behind MF Hussain’s masterful strokes was his love for ‘nature, good food and women’; Ustad Amjad Ali Khan spends his first few moments every morning listening to sounds of pigeons; theatreperson Amal Allana writes poetry that stirs her soul, when she’s not acting! And believe it or not, painter Paresh Maity seeks creativity travelling to “green forests” and living with bare necessities. “Even making a cup of tea in a forest is a creative process,” he says.
One of the secrets of creativity is to master your innovative abilities and practice “everyday creativity”. In fact, Psychology Today reports that everyday creativity is about finding new expressions of originality and meaningfulness. Each morning, in her home in Nizamuddin, Anjolie Ela Menon sits very still at the window of her studio. “As the early morning mist begins to lift, the basti around me comes to life.
Sigris are lit and the women bargain loudly with the reri-walas for the day’s vegetables. I stare at the blank white board before me with anticipation. Today, will inspiration surface from fragments of last night’s dream, or will it be the old man with his goat sitting on the charpoy in the lane outside? I pursue new roads to seek creativity. Just watching people can be great inspiration.”
The good news is, you can make everyday creativity a habit. It helps you recognize your skills. In fact, creative coaches believe mornings are the best time to trigger bouts of creativity. That’s something Goa-based writer Sudhir Kakkar agrees with, “Creative moments in writing are those when reason and imagination, the rational and non-rational are in exquisite balance.
My most creative time is the twilight stage between sleeping and waking in the morning, I do not spring out of bed but keep lying down for a few minutes while fleeting impressions flit across my mind. There are many other moments: stopping to watch the play of small children, contemplating sunsets, taking a road one has not taken before which, I believe, rejuvenate imagination.”
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