7 Ways A Creative Community Can Sky-Rocket Your Creativity

Sometimes being a creative artist can feel like the loneliest role in the world. Few of us are strong enough alone to keep our motivation high and creativity consistent. The best way to be more creative and more inspired is to get a little help from some creative friends.

So here are 7 of the top ways that being part of a creative community can sky-rocket your creativity to new levels:

1. You don't feel you're the only one in the world struggling to create. Being a part of a community you can share in the struggles and triumphs of other creative people like you, and realise there are common issues most creative people wrestle with, and can help each other overcome.

2. Opportunities for collaboration with other artists. After a short time in a creative community you find creative people who you connect with and who create in similar forms. Joining up for a joint creative project is a great way to motivate and inspire you and take your creativity in new directions.

3. It makes your creative work "real" and valid. Much of the time when we create alone, it's easy to fall into the "tree falling in the forest" syndrome and begin to wonder if no-one else ever sees what you create, does it really even exist? Sharing your work in a safe supportive group gives your work validity and makes it real.

4. It gives you a playground to experiment in. A huge part of being creative is experimenting and trying new stuff. Having a captive, supportive audience in a creative community gives you the encouragement to do this, and allows you to stumble across those wonderful happy accidents you can never have if you create in exactly the same way day in day out.

5. You tap into an endless stream of ideas. Discussing creativity with other creative people sparks off dozens of new ideas and possible directions you won't discover sitting there alone talking to yourself. The stimulation of communicating with like minded creatives then taking these ideas and this energy back to your creative projects is a large part of the creative process.

6. You meet real, living breathing artists, with lives like yours. There's a myth that to be creative in an authentic way you have to be a world famous novelist, film maker or rock star. Being a part of a community helps you realise that ALL of us create in ways that are just as important and valid, and this inspires you to create more.

7. You can give and receive genuine support and feedback. A supportive creative community encourages each member to share their work and gives them encouragement and feedback in a safe environment. You also get to be a part of supporting other artists and seeing how valuable a contribution you can have to the creative evolution of others.

These are 7 of the top ways being part of a creative community can sky-rocket your own creativity to new levels.

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