For some of you, i might just as well ask “Why breathe?”
- It gives you purpose.
- Creating is gratifyig.
- Creating allows you to explore yourself, your life and your world — in unexpected wyas
- Creativity fosters novel, diverse solutions to problems and situations
- There are health benefits
- It is a fundamental human need.
- It makes you more interesting.
- It can foster deeper bonds with others.
- It’s a natural high.
- it uses your brain.
- it allows you to learn
- it allows you to acquire and hone skills
- it may have value to others
- It can enrich your life
- Vivid dreams
- Unexpected adventures
- can channel energy into more productive ways (break a bbad habit, eg)
The dangers of creativity
- Fear is inherent in the process
- Tough to separate the generative elements from the evaluating/judging of things as they emerge
- Likely mood swings
- Tendency to indulge in self-medicating in unhealthy ways
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