Thinking Outside the Box

My friend recently explained to me that most people think in linear patterns, meaning that they get from point A to point B in a straight line.  Whereas creative people think of 20 different ways to get to point B so sometimes it may take a little longer, but in they end they get there.  I think it’s because they open their mind to all the possibilities.  They choose to see the world a little differently.  How much more could we see and understand if we didn’t always take the expected route.

This past semester while I was in school I not only learned how vital it is to take a step out of the bounds of my “thinking box”, but how liberating it is!  I took a lot of time studying the creative process and how it works.  Part of the creative process is being able form ideas that  take an unexpected spin on an average thing.  It involves pushing yourself to see things in a different perspective.  In doing this I realized how much I stay within my box, when I thought myself to be a highly creative person.  But I learned that creativity is not just making things look cool or beautiful, but depicting something in a whole new light.  It truly takes a creative person to take what they already know, combine it what they learn in research and discovery, and make something completely different.  It’s a challenge, but trying to develop my creativity  has been enlightening.  Sometimes I was at the point where I understood the infinite amount of possibilities, but couldn’t yet visualize them…if that makes sense.  I think everyone is born with an innate sense of creativity, and that it is a God-given gift to desire to create something new and different.  But our creativity tends to get “beat” out of us and we become trained to see things in a certain way.  I challenge you to do things a little differently, and try to see the world from a different perspective.