Top 6 Ways to Exercise Your Creativity
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If you are a creative person, you can do a lot of things with your capabilities. But you must exercise and hone your creativity constantly to be able to creative constantly and consistently. Here are a few ways in which you can exercise your creativity.
1. Constantly create something
Being creative is of no use if you don’t create anything original from your creativity. You must constantly put your creativity to use to exercise it and make it productive. For example, you should write a piece on any subject every day if you are a writer. If you are a product designer, you should build a blueprint for a new product every few days. At this stage, the quality of the creation doesn’t matter. What matters is that you exercise your creativity. Constantly creating something will keep your mind agile and your creative juices flowing.
2. Set creative challenges for yourself
Exercising creativity is like going to the gym or running a marathon. Just like you increase the speed on your treadmill every few days to increase the difficulty level, you must set creative challenges for yourself regularly. As an example, try to draw intricate sketches or successfully complete a painting that you never thought you could do. If you know that there is a benchmark which you haven’t achieved yet, set that as your goal and use your creativity to achieve it.
3. Surround yourself with creative people
Your creativity is likely to get a boost when you have other creative people to talk to and compare notes with. When you surround yourself with creative people, you are effectively surrounding yourself with a vast pool of creative knowledge and skill. By talking to others, you can get to know about the newest developments in various art domains, where you need to improve, what your strengths are and what measures you can take to hone your creativity.
4. Compare your creativity with others
Creativity does not exist in a vacuum. You cannot call yourself creative on absolute terms. You have to compare and contrast your work with others who are at par with you. If you think that someone else has used their creative skills in a better way then you, it can become your learning opportunity. Healthy comparisons can also help you to know which facts of your creativity you should be working on.
5. Upgrade your creative skills
One of the ways in which you can exercise your creativity is by upgrading your skills. When you are armed with better techniques and equipments, you may be able to enhance and express your creativity in a more refined way. Upgrading your skills may involve attending workshops, taking online classes or being trained from a mentor. As you learn using new techniques, you will be able to familiarize yourself with modes of exercising creativity that you never knew before.
6. Increase your inter disciplinary exposure
Creativity is never limited to one field or one subject. Creativity is fluid and can be inspired by anything. The more you increase your inter disciplinary exposure, the more you will be able to find channels to exercise your creativity. For example, an engineer who is designing a model bridge may be better equipped to work with its aesthetics if he or she has exposure to principles of fine art and design. To exercise creativity to its fullest, be open to knowledge from all avenues.
