The version of creativity we’ve been sold is… limited
When we think about creativity, we often picture someone painting in a studio, writing novels in a coffee shop, or composing music on a laptop. Basically, people doing “art” in a very visible, very polished way.
But that’s just one version. The loudest one, maybe. But definitely not the only one.
Creativity shows up in all kinds of ways
You don’t need to draw, write or paint to be creative.
Creativity is about expression, curiosity, imagination, not perfection, not performance.
If you’ve ever improvised a weird joke to cheer up a friend, built a fictional world in your head just for fun, found a random solution to a random problem, or just felt excited by a strange idea, you’ve already been creative.
Sometimes it’s subtle.
You rearrange your furniture for no reason. You make up a silly voice while texting. You get lost in a story and start imagining how you would’ve ended it differently.
It doesn’t have to be big, or beautiful, or shareable.
It just has to feel a little like you.
You might be more creative than you realize
Let’s be honest, the signs are probably already there. Maybe you daydream more than you admit. Maybe you write notes to yourself that sound like dialogue. Maybe you love tweaking things just because you can.
Like Off_White_Rabbit, who turns her dreams into comic ideas while half-asleep.
You don’t need a canvas, you don’t need a plan.
You just need space to try.
Why don’t we see ourselves that way?
Because most of us learned that creativity means talent, recognition, results.
That if no one’s clapping, it doesn’t count.
That if it’s not “good,” it’s not worth doing.
So we stop before we start. Or we quietly keep our ideas to ourselves, half-convinced they don’t really matter.
But they do.
They’re yours. That’s enough.
Creating is about reconnecting with something inside
There’s something grounding in making things. Even tiny things. A line, a mood, a moment.
It doesn’t have to lead anywhere. But sometimes, just the act of doing it makes you feel more… you.
So, what if?
What if you are creative, and just didn’t know it yet?
What if the door was never really closed, you just hadn’t looked for it?
Maybe today’s the moment you give it a little push.
No pressure, just curiosity.
