Redefining Creativity: How Life Becomes Your Greatest Canvas

Chapter Nineteen | Free One Million Minds: The Art of Creation: Fostering True Creativity

12/31/2024

Duration | 1 minute 49 seconds
Guest: Dr. Symeon Rodger

Synopsis

Jamie Meyer and Dr. Symeon Rodger discuss how creativity extends beyond traditional art forms and can be applied to all aspects of life. Dr. Rodger emphasises that life itself is a form of creation. By adopting an open, positive expectation of reality, we engage in creative acts. Whether through art, sports, or everyday tasks, creativity is about intentionality and mindset, with infinite possibilities for how it manifests.

dialogue summary

Jamie Meyer:
That idea of creativity can be applied to just about anything based on our perspective of the task in hand.

Dr. Symeon Rodger:
I think it’s absolutely true. I mean, in a sense, think about it like we’re what we’ve talked about, we’re creating our lives, right? So life itself is creation and if we choose to have that sort of open expectation, that positive expectation of reality, that’s being creative. That’s doing something with deliberate intentionality. And so everything we do has this sort of possibility to be creative. I mean, some people’s canvases, like Michael Jordan, the great basketball player, the basketball court was his canvas. You know, so everybody has a different canvas. There is almost no limit to what creativity can encompass. And again, you know, as you say, people think, well, creativity, oh, uh, painting, sculpture, uh, you know, no, but it’s so much more than that. It can be anything that puts you into that frame of mind, really.

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References

Creativity is the ability to generate new and original ideas, solutions, or artistic expressions. It involves thinking outside conventional boundaries and using imagination to create something novel, often resulting in innovative concepts, works of art, or problem-solving approaches.