Let's bust the myth of "I am not creative"!

Are you convinced that you are not creative? It's a lie that has no basis in reality. What does it even mean "to be creative"?

VERY often people are saying to me with a big sigh and deep longing in their eyes and in their voice: "I wish I could create! But I am not creative."

That tears on my heart. It is a myth that has been perpetuated - without any evidence.
It has created so much unnecessary suffering! And deprives so many of us of the natural joy that we are born with.

We are all creative.

Did you just think: "What??? But I KNOW I am not creative!"

But you ARE creative! Just go and watch kids play. You did the same as a kid.
They freely express themselves in all kinds of creative ways. They dance, sing, smear paints on paper, doodle, color, play with sticks and stones.

Have you seen how they are "lost" in what they are doing?
When they dance and sing, they use their whole body for it.
When they paint, doodle etc., they become still.
You can watch a flow of energy from their heart into their body and into their expressions.

"Well - but that's not being creative. They are just playing. That's what kids do"
EXACTLY! Playing IS being creative. They use what they have and fully go for it.

So many of us equate "being creative" with producing stunning RESULTS.

That is backwards.
It stems from Ideas of what it means to be creative.

Being creative is a life force. It is natural. We are born with it.

You feel it as that burning and yearning in the heart, when you don't do anything creative. Or when you admire others for being creative and you wished you could do that too. BUT - at some point in your life's journey you internalized other people's voices and started believing that you are not creative.

I encourage, beg you, to take out a pen and paper and start doodling, sing with your voice and your arms, dance like nobody is watching.

At one point I argued with Diane, a lawyer friend who was convinced that she was not creative, for 1.5 hours. Being well versed in arguing, she made some concessions, but it didn't change her belief.

So we went to my studio. I showed her one of my Fast and Fabulous methods. 5 minutes later she painted her stained T-shirt into an art shirt. Followed by cutting a bed sheet into the Drama vest with my no-seam pattern and turned it into a stunning art piece.

The permission to "just play" side-stepped the inner critic and she let loose!

Try it for yourself! The first vest below is made from a sarong. The second one is the Drama vest that Diane painted.
It is just a rectangle with 2 holes. You can get FREE videos, the pattern and different ways to wear it HERE.

Then there are those of us who create a lot, even make our living with creative things - and still believe that we are not creative.

Despite having been very successful in my life as a full time artist and wearable art designer since 1987, I never believed that I was creative - until recent years.

An artist who I admire, held a trunk show for my wearable art clothing. I said "I love what I do, and I love the transformations that women have in my clothes. But I am not creative."
Whoa! Did she lay into me!

I realized that what I do is so easy and natural for me, that I always thought any kid can do what I do. I was totally surprised that, in different fiber artist groups, nobody could figure out how I do my clothes. And they thought that my techniques must be pretty complicated and involved to achieve such stunning designs. The opposite is true. They are fun, playful, simple and proven to create high-end results.

It is the same for so many of us who believe that they are not creative.
And it was the same for my lawyer friend. She had painted a cup that was fabulous and totally unique. But it was natural for her and didn't fit her idea of "being creative".

When we simply do not fit our ideas of what it means to be creative, and we compare ourselves to artists who we admire, we fall into the trap of thinking we are not creative.

Seeing so many people with that unfulfilled, natural yearning in their eyes, I am passionate about inspiring and guiding you to let your inner designer and creative roar with joy.

To make it easy for you to let loose and enjoy your creativity, I made several free things available.
They include painting a shirt, shawl, tote bag or anything else with one of the Fast and Fabulous methods within minutes.
Or turn a shawl into a fabulous poncho top with a 14" seam. And wear it 6 different ways.
Or create art digitally within minutes.
And more.

Check it out HERE.
Start playing like a kid and set the joy in your heart free.

I wish you beautiful creative times - so your inner joy and peace get replenished regularly.

Monika

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