Creative Authenticity - Finding The True Creative You

In your creating, do you feel you’re expressing the real you? Have you found the best channels and ways of communicating your unique message through your creative work?

Sometimes we can create for years without really finding our own voice and our own way of creating. But why would you want to find the true creative you?

Why find the true creative you?

When you find the true you in your creating, you’ll find you’re able to:

- Create more easily, with less resistance and fewer creative blocks.

- Create more, increase your overall creative output.

- Be more satisfied and fulfilled in your creative work.

- Feel your confidence riding high – and all the positive knock on effects this brings along with it.

- Enjoy creating more, with less internal conflict or confusion about what to create.

- Connect more with your work, therefore creating at a deeper, more meaningful level.

The benefits are multiple and obvious, so how do you go about getting to the core of your creativity? Here are some of the top ways to try:

How to find the true creative you

Ask yourself these 5 questions to find the ways you’re most authentic to yourself in creating:

1. Which work in the past do you feel was most “you”? Which was the most accurate reflection of who you are and why you create? Spend some time listing some of your previous work and pick out those projects you felt were most authentically you.

2. What have you always wanted to create, but haven’t yet? If you’re burning with longing to create in a particular medium or a specific creative project, then there are strong reasons for this. Most of us find ourselves called to create a certain project time and time again. Follow that calling!

3. Which creative projects have you enjoyed most? Finding these is a great indicator of what kind of creative work you feel most comfortable and most aligned with. Think about different types and forms of creating, as well as different themes and subjects you’ve used.

4. Which creative work have you been most proud of and pleased with? This doesn’t necessarily have to be the work that you feel has been the most polished or accomplished. It could be the first song you wrote, or the first pot you made. Think about why you were proud, what did creating this piece represent?

5. What creative work would you want to be remembered by? Maybe you write stories all day long, but what you really want to be remembered for is a series of paintings you created. Think about the creative legacy you want to leave, by the end of this year, this decade, this lifetime. Then get to work creating it!

When you create authentically as the real creative you, the benefits to yourself and to the people who enjoy your work and multiple and far reaching.

What can you do today to get a little closer to that true creative you?

Kick-start your creativity today! I invite you to download your free copy of the powerful and practical Explode Your Creativity! Action Workbook at http://www.CoachCreative.com.