My Thoughts:
If we want to reclaim the creativity that was once ours we need to get rid of all our social conditioning’s, otherwise whatever we create is truly not our own unique creation. Our social conditioning’s only allow us to modify and copy ideas that where never really ours. To be creative in the purest sense is to be an individual, to not allow our creations to be colored by the mass psychology.

Obstacles Keeping You from Creativity:
1. Recognition: Society has made us believe that something is not creative or beautiful unless it is recognized. This is non sense, when you create something do it only because you get personal fulfillment from it. If you like to dance, than dance don’t worry if you will be recognized for it. If you do become recognized so be it, even better, but don’t let this be the focus on why you create something.
2. Your Beliefs: When you are creating something become immersed in the experience, put your beliefs aside. Your beliefs make you closed, because when you believe something you don’t accept new perspectives and ideas. Be open to the experience you are having. Anything can become a creative experience if you bring enough awareness and love into it.
3. Intellect: You have to be able to transcend your thinking mind; your knowledge binds you to seeing the world to what you know. Through meditation, you can rise above your thinking mind, to be in a space that has immense clarity. Just learning to watch your thoughts and mind without becoming attached to them.
4. Trying to be perfect: There is no such thing as perfection. When you are creating something don’ judge it, just become consumed with your experience, it will be perfect in that moment.
5. Being Self Conscious: Just remember that what you create is not really your creation but the universes, you are simply the medium of how the universe expresses it self. As soon as you become self conscious you worry about how others will perceive what you are doing, you are trying to put your stamp on it, because of your ego. When you create through the ego you are constantly seeking approval from others. You will not create something unique because you are trying to please everyone.

Also, if you leave the problem for a few days and come back to it, often you’ll look at it in a different way you did and solutions to it just start flowing in.

@Alex: Thanks for the tips, the blogger in me is learning new things with each post

awwwsome post.

each one resonated.

really liked the bolded ones. seemed to all be along the “let it flow” lines. specially “don’t force creativity”.

inspiring stuff.

stumbled

keep well bra
alex – unleash reality

p.s. consider linking the image on your home page to the post

Thanks for sharing