Creativity

How creative can one be? Some of us have one interest and great skill. Others seem to be talented if it comes to nearly everything. What about me? As a child, I was sure I am not creative at all. People around me, parents, teachers, made that clear. I never played with dolls not understood why little girls made those weird voices and pretend the (Barbie) doll was speaking. I liked cars but girls and cars seem not to be allowed.

Creativity was not stimulated in my family. The profession which came with it was not accepted, not seen as good enough. And I? I didn't want to be a doctor. I don't feel the need to care 24/7. I knew myself, my illnesses, and the fact I need sleep, piece and I am not a people's person.

I never became a sculpture although art was what I did my exam. I never became a painter or photographer. School at that time wasn't different from now. You can study and practice it but the school doesn't stimulate you to make a job out of it. "You better get married and have children", some professions said at the profession seminar we visited with the school. Old fashioned men were present, not willing to give you a chance.

My heart still cries I didn't become a sculpture, do what I like most. I still hear my aunt say " you can make something out of bread dough..."

Yes, I can. I can bake a bread and cookies too but it isn't the same. It is not.

Now I know I am creative. Creativity comes in many ways. I am a writer and my mind is creative enough to come up with something, to find solutions, to make something out of nothing. My parents, those teachers, they were all wrong and I should have never listened to their advice because it is me who still pays the price after all those years. My heart still cries.

I truly believe creativity is the solution to our problems.