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Creativity is not exclusive..
Creativity is a natural process, it happens to all of us everyday, what many individuals fail to do is recognize it happening.
Regardless of who you are, what you do or where you do it you have an impact.
It is difficult to comprehend or grasp the enormous influence simple actions can have upon the world.

There is a widely accepted view that creativity is exclusive to the typically inspired : The artist, the writer, the designer etc, furthermore that one can only be creative through learning a craft or skill relevant to such an occupation, such as painting, 'creative' writing or graphic design. This presumption is the first idea you must shed if you are to recognize your own creative influence on the world.

As an exercise : look around your home, all your possessions have been thought up, chosen and arranged by you, in a space that you have decided to call your home, is this any different to an artist choosing there subject matter, selecting a medium applying that medium and choosing a space to display the work?. I assure you it is not.
Making decisions in your day to day life evolves the use of your creative faculties, however small the decision, however irrelevant you feel your actions are, any change projected into the world will have an impact on the thought processes of anyone who experiences it.
So do not feel excluded from creativity, shed the idea of a creative elitism, we are all creative individuals and all have a great influence on the world around us.

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