You ARE a Creative, Artist or Otherwise

Creativity in every form empowers.

Murray "MJ" Blehart
5 min readApr 9, 2024

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a man sweeping a corridor. a creative in action
Photo by Verne Ho on Unsplash

The truth is that not everyone is an artist. Some people don’t have the spark or find joy in painting, writing, sculpting, acting, singing, woodworking, or any other creative endeavor you can imagine.

That doesn’t mean, however, that non-artists aren’t creatives. The truth is that everyone is a creative. Some forms of creativity and making are so mundane, overlooked, or taken for granted that people are denied or deny themselves a belief in being creative.

Why does this matter? Because change is the only constant in the Universe, and it’s frequently created in one form or another. Stories are told, colors come together to form pictures, materials are assembled to build homes, and new life is born of creative acts literal and figurative.

Some people are led to believe that if they aren’t an artist, they’re not a creative. This is simply untrue. The trouble is that the power of empowerment that being creative sparks is frequently disregarded, lessened, and treated as less worthy.

Let’s explore this in greater detail.

Mundane activities of creativity

Here’s a list of actions you might take on any given day that you consider mundane. Dull. Routine…

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Murray "MJ" Blehart

I explore mindfulness, positivity, philosophy, & conscious reality creation. I love to help & inspire. And I also write sci-fi/fantasy. http://www.mjblehart.com