520R - Journal #1

Everyone Can Be Creative

Most of the people think creativity is the work of genius. But creativity is part of human’s nature and everyone can be creative. I read an article which experts discussed creativity . The article is “Let Your Creativity Soar”. The main idea of the article is that everybody can be creative.

This article interested me because I studied advertising and public relations at university. My major was concernd with creativity. Professors at university taught us that creativity comes when you really try to be creative. You need to work on. When you believe that you can be creative , when you diverse your knowledge and when you’re aware of your social environment you’ll see that you can be creative. The more interesting and diverse the things around you , the more interesting and creative your ideas become. There’re some techniques which helps you to be creative. For example, brainstorming is a good technique. We did brainstorming about every topic, brands, advertisements, current events etc. at university. It really helped to develop our perspective and of course creativity.

The experts who wrote the article say that many people are afraid of new ideas. They think they have no time for creativity. But creative process in individuals is orderly every moment in time. They need to pay attention to their thoughts and capture them. There are also some exercises to boost creativity. Creativity is teachable. Nirmal Verma who is a celebrated Indian writer says “Creativity is a matter of regular hard work and not inspiration. There's nothing glorifying about it. It's 99 per cent perspiration."

Creativity is not a talent. I believe tahat everyone has potential to be creative . They should try. They’ll feel happier, more independent and they will be self- reliant.