Creativity: The Questions You're Most Afraid To Ask
What are the questions you're most afraid to ask about your creativity?
I've found time and time again that the questions my clients are struggling with AREN'T about huge projects and complex issues such as -
"How can I develop the interpersonal relationships of the 13 characters in my new novel?"
"How can I design and code my own website in the next 3 months?"
or
"How do I put on an exhibition of 25 of my paintings in a local gallery?"
The questions most important and relevant to the majority of us - the issues that reappear time and time again and burn inside us desperately - are far more simple, more fundamental, more personal, more NOW.
Questions like:
"How do I know when I'm getting stuck creatively?"
"How can I write my first article?"
"My confidence in creating anything is so low. How can I start to build it up again?"
"How do I find the courage to paint again after 3 years without picking up a brush?"
"How can I find more a little more time each week to create the things I love creating?"
"I have some ideas for a short story but how on earth do I start writing it?"
"How do I finally finish a creative project without giving up half way through?"
Maybe you've found yourself asking similar questions?
That's what I'd like to know.
What are the questions YOU'VE been, until now, afraid to ask about your creativity?
Afraid to ask because you thought they were too basic, too fundamental, too insignificant, too unimportant?
No question you need to ask about your creativity is insignificant.
If it's important to YOU, and it keeps reappearing, then it's obviously something that you'll benefit greatly from once you start to address it.
And the first step to addressing and answering your most important
questions?
Ask them out loud. Get them out in the open.
You may surprised just how many others are asking the same questions, and struggling with the same kind of creativity issues.
So just click right now on the comments link below and share with us:
What are the questions you're most afraid to ask about your creativity?
I'm looking forward to hearing all your questions, thanks in advance for being brave enough to share them...
I've found time and time again that the questions my clients are struggling with AREN'T about huge projects and complex issues such as -
"How can I develop the interpersonal relationships of the 13 characters in my new novel?"
"How can I design and code my own website in the next 3 months?"
or
"How do I put on an exhibition of 25 of my paintings in a local gallery?"
The questions most important and relevant to the majority of us - the issues that reappear time and time again and burn inside us desperately - are far more simple, more fundamental, more personal, more NOW.
Questions like:
"How do I know when I'm getting stuck creatively?"
"How can I write my first article?"
"My confidence in creating anything is so low. How can I start to build it up again?"
"How do I find the courage to paint again after 3 years without picking up a brush?"
"How can I find more a little more time each week to create the things I love creating?"
"I have some ideas for a short story but how on earth do I start writing it?"
"How do I finally finish a creative project without giving up half way through?"
Maybe you've found yourself asking similar questions?
That's what I'd like to know.
What are the questions YOU'VE been, until now, afraid to ask about your creativity?
Afraid to ask because you thought they were too basic, too fundamental, too insignificant, too unimportant?
No question you need to ask about your creativity is insignificant.
If it's important to YOU, and it keeps reappearing, then it's obviously something that you'll benefit greatly from once you start to address it.
And the first step to addressing and answering your most important
questions?
Ask them out loud. Get them out in the open.
You may surprised just how many others are asking the same questions, and struggling with the same kind of creativity issues.
So just click right now on the comments link below and share with us:
What are the questions you're most afraid to ask about your creativity?
I'm looking forward to hearing all your questions, thanks in advance for being brave enough to share them...
posted by Dan at 5:40 PM
As a Creativity Coach I work with people who are frustrated that their creative talents are underused. 
3 Comments:
Hi Dan,
Any suggestions on how to get past the feeling that something has to be "perfect"? This idea has stopped me many times from even beginning. Because if I can't do it "perfectly" why bother even trying. I'm trying to realize that not everyone has my talents so to some people whatever I do creatively is spectacular. But I still often get stopped by that "perfection" bug.
I look forward to your ideas.
Thanks
Lori
Hi-I'm a writer from Washington State. Some of my questions are:
should I pursue screenwriting and playwriting even though I have almost no experience in those areas? should I trust people who are trying to help me, even though we have serious artistic diffrences, like censoring yourself? and Why am I so sensitive to criticism of my work?
Anne
Hello Dan ~~ i get to feeling i didn't do my best ~that i'm missing that certain "something" that will elevate my project from so-so to remarkable...this stalls me ~drives me nuts~~~thank you, Lynn
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