With the rapid improvements in AI, it’s more important than ever to keep your creativity alive as it’s one of the best defenses against the rising trend of automation. Even if you don’t buy into all the hype around AI, keeping your creativity alive has always been a challenge and as so we’ve connected with some of the most creative folks in our community to discuss tactics and strategies for keeping your creativity alive.
Danna Gilbertson
I’m a Writer, Film Director, and Executive Producer, so I create often. To keep creativity alive, you need to feed it and, through my experience, I’ve found that creativity is fed by two main things: inspiration and collaboration. Read more>>
Katisha Shaw
Curiosity is your best friend – I promise, it didn’t kill that cat, it made the cat a scientist! You know that feeling when you’re just itching to know more about something? That’s your creativity saying, “Hey, let’s explore this! Lets do the thing!” So, keep asking questions, trying new things, and never lose that sense of wonder. Read more>>
Alessandra Saggese
First of all, I don’t see Interior Design only has a job. It is my hobbie and my passion. For me, traveling, art, nature are all sources of inspiration. I believe that one needs to feed their creativity, doing research, opening your mind or exploring new things. I once heard someone say “boredom is the cradle of wonder and creativity.” When you are stuck, bored, blocked, that’s when your creativity shoots up looking for new things. Read more>>
Rees Bowen
I find creativity in most everything I do. I just look at things differently, through a unique lens so to speak. I have always been told this. Whether it is determining what I want to express through the composition of a painting, the bold color choices and patterns I use when blowing glass, or looking through my camera’s viewfinder as a photographer. Read more>>
Olivia Dalton
I keep my creativity alive by regularly revisiting past photo shoots, client interactions, and old images I’ve taken for inspiration. By drawing from these experiences, I’m able to generate new ideas, innovative marketing strategies, and incorporate timeless methods with emerging trends. This process helps you stay connected to your creative roots while adapting to evolving market dynamics. Read more>>
lana guerra
Most of the time I feel like there’s never enough time in a day, week, or month to do even half the creative things I’d like to make. If i do find myself having a creative slump I’ll go for a walk and just seeing all the different colored houses, patchwork walls and graffiti always get me back into the mood to go paint either street art or on a canvas. Another thing that motivates me is cleaning / rearranging my art studio, I’ll find art supplies I forgot about and that gets me excited to make something new. Read more>>
Maya Golden Bethany
I read somewhere long ago that if you do one thing to provide you with a creative outlet for 20 minutes every day, then it can help with depression and anxiety. At the time, I thought it was just an interesting concept. But as I have grown older, I look back on my career and the times I have felt the most downtrodden, the most stressful periods, or the periods that lacked any vitality in my life, were when I did not provide myself with an outlet for my imagination to flourish and my creativity to give me a healthy escape. Read more>>
KRISHNA ADONI
For an artist, creativity isn’t boundless; it ebbs and flows, much like a workout routine. For me, it’s an ongoing process. Everywhere I go, everything I see becomes a potential frame, as I interpret the lighting, observe colors, and perceive movement. These are the points I try to keep in mind and pratice as much as I can. Trust me, they help. Read more>>
Ryan Knights
I quickly learned that starting a business requires you to find how you can add value to others, whether that be their business, product, or life. I wanted to be able to continue to keep my brain thinking in different ways and not always be stuck on just the technical side of engineering. I decided to put myself out there in a different way and utilize my skills to help provide entertainment, learning, and therefore value to people through my social media content. Read more>>
Sarah Lemke
I was just having a conversation about this last week, In my industry, it really is ever evolving. New techniques, new products and new ways of doing things. You can always find a way to push yourself creatively if you are willing. My canvas is human skin, so every canvas is forever changing. That in itself is never boring and keeps creativity flowing. Read more>>
Quency Bonds
To keep my creativity alive while creating new anime apparel collections, I employ several strategies: 1. Immersion in the Anime World: I stay up-to-date with the latest anime releases, trends, and fan communities. Engaging with anime content, whether through watching series, reading manga, or attending conventions, keeps my passion for the genre fresh and inspires new ideas. Read more>>
Tami Crane
By finding the joy in the journey. Reading for other actors. Switching gears to marketing in between auditions and bookings. I am a concierge in a hotel two days a week and I people watch. Chat with tourists. See the dynamics between friends, & families . I get ideas about life that I can use to write about or develop a character, The more everyday experiences I have, the more creative I can be as an actor. Read more>>
Christina Henao
Creativity has to be kept alive when we live in a world where horrible things happen every day, creativity is what makes you show your optimism, what makes you dream, what makes you find ways to see life differently and so on. feel the same and act differently. This is how I keep creativity alive… every time I create a gift, love becomes creativity and that is the key to everything in life. Read more>>
Holly Owens
When inspiration and creativity mix, the result thrives through a dynamic blend of inspiration, observation, collaboration, and continual learning. Understanding canine behavior is fundamental to my creative process. By studying their preferences, cognitive abilities, and individual personalities, I tailor tricks that resonate with their natural abilities and provide mental and physical stimulation that keep them physically fit and always eager to learn more. Read more>>
April Stanford
I really do think that creativity is the key to life. To create is to breathe life into something. It’s a spiritual act. I also like to think of creativity as being tied to our inner child. In order to keep creativity alive I think it’s important to move out of the way of your inner child and allow them to play. Stay grounded to the things your soul has been drawn to from childhood. Read more>>
Alison Brynn Ross
To me creativity has always seemed to come in waves. There are periods where I can be absolutely prolific in creating sculpture, or illustrating, or painting, and others where the idea of working nearly turns my stomach. It’s almost like an idea has to swim around until it finds the right moment to light on my brain. Because of this I have learned that working diversely helps. In Maine they say change is as good as a break and, sometimes that is true. Read more>>
Vanessa Rudd
In my industry keeping your creativity alive is very important, and there is multiple ways to do it. There are three ways I keep it alive, One is Instagram. Thank God for Instagram because the beauty industry is always changing and growing. it is nice to have it at my fingertips to see what other people are coming up with. Read more>>
Qianlin Liu
As a concept designer in the gaming industry, creativity is essential to my work. To keep my creativity flowing, I often immerse myself in various forms of art and media. I draw inspiration from paintings, sculptures, and other artistic works, as well as movies and TV shows. Additionally, I like to reflect on my own childhood experiences and personal life events. Read more>>
Shannon McFaul
As a creative in the digital landscape of graphic design and social media management, it’s important for me to unplug as well. Keeping my creativity alive appears in various ways in my life whether it’s reading a new book, sketching with pencil and paper, or trying new artistic methods. Although my business is within the digital realm, being able to be creative outside of that is just as important. Read more>>
Luisa Florez Herran
Humans are inherently creative, that is a fact. I believe we channel our creative efforts based on our preferences and natural inclinations. But how do we ignite it? I don’t think creativity is something that strikes you; rather, it’s something we actively seek and continually nourish with inputs and outputs. Have you ever noticed that the more you create, the more ideas you start to have? Read more>>
Thomas Witte
I spent most of my life in the Art world and trying different Art forms. From traditional stuff like drawing, painting, ceramics to having a career in graphic design, video/film and painting murals on the side I love all forms of art. I also worked in the service industry for around 20 years at many different styles of restaurants as I am a Huge foodie at heart so it was a way to continue following my art passion while making money and eating delicious food. Read more>>
Shelbi Neely
One of the things I discovered over time was that my love for cooking, as a home-based chef, was a gift to be stewarded well. Preparing meals is an art and art requires creativity. At times, I would find myself in “lulls” where I didn’t want to cook for weeks at a time. It was information for what was going on in other areas of my life. Read more>>
Sharchii Chiangong
One of the major ways I keep my creativity alive is by taking breaks and changing my scenery. As a content creator, filming and editing almost become a robotic action that we have to do. This causes me to lose my passion and creative flow from creating. Taking breaks allows me to re-focus on what I want to do as a content creator and how I want my audience to receive my content. Read more>>
Timmy Ong
I keep my creativity alive by changing up my creative outlets! I am fortunate that I am a multidisplinary theater artist, so whenever I feel stuck in an area, whether in acting, or music, or dance, or writing, I just switch to another discipline! I have found that, unsurprisingly, music and dance go particularly well together in terms of informing or inspiring one other, and acting and writing too–These pairs “unstick” each other well! Read more>>
Marla White
I feel very fortunate that being creative has always been part of my life and comes from the need to tell stories to entertain myself and other people. As a child, I used to insert myself into my favorite TV show as a new character and then act out the episode. When it came time to pick a major for college, I thought I wanted to be a park ranger until I found out what it entails. That’s when I realized what I really liked was a TV series about park rangers. Which led me to pursue a career in TV instead. Read more>>
