Creativity and Its Possibilities

Carl Rogers’ Three personality characteristics that suggest potential for creativity:

Openness to new experience

Ability to play with factors

Internal locus of evaluation

If you are interested in bringing more creativity into your life, ask yourself: How do these characteristics fit me? Has something overshadowed or colored your attitudes about creativity?

Being creative asks us to deal with:

Play

Challenge

Our attitudes about “play” change from our inherent curiosity to play with things once we learn about game play, in which there is the element of winning and losing.

Creative activity challenges us in some way. Do you like to take on a challenge? Do you inherently step away from challenges?

Start keeping a journal

Criticism

Where you can write all the things you have been holding in. You can write letters, ask yourself tough questions, and explore the answers. A journal is a valuable tool for any creative journey or undertaking. Use it to record your failures and your successes. It is very empowering to be able to look back at our progress and see what was the best teacher. Some lessons are best learned from failure.

Throughout our life we have been criticized to move us toward having better skills in everything we do. But sometimes criticism has been used by others in relationships where ego, control or power was a significant factor

For a New Start

Start keeping a journal where you can write all the things you have been holding in. You can write letters, ask yourself tough questions, and explore the answers. A journal is a valuable tool for any creative journey or undertaking. Use it to record your failures and your successes. It is very empowering to be able to look back at our progress and see what has been our best teachers. Some lessons are best learned from failure.