Creative Mindset

Imagine a canvas.

Plain, white, bland, boring, and alone…. It is there… it is waiting…

it is on a shelf or leaning against the wall or even on an easel ready to be painted. Maybe it’s even just a roll of unprimed canvas that’s waiting to be cut to size and stretched on a wooden frame. Just a canvas. A fabric of basic woven material.

Now, imagine a paintbrush.

It has fine hairs held by a metal band and attached to a wooden handle. It may have a friend or two in the jar that come in different sizes and shapes and stiffness and softness. They each have their own purpose. Their own duty. To carry paint and deliver it in a variety of ways according to how they’re made. Some brushes get taken care of well and stay pristine, while others take a beating and are worn out from overuse and poor care. But it’s there waiting to be used. Waiting just like the canvas. 

What if you were the paintbrush and your life is the canvas? What would you do with the paint? How would you use the tools you have?

Using a creative mindset you can answer these questions.

I have asked myself this often and the best way to get the answer you seek is to think about what you want to see.

Think about the outcome you want to have and then do what I call “ map your canvas” by making a plan to show areas you want to focus on in your project.

This can be applied to life in general. We all have creativity inside us and have the power to use it. We have to unwrap the canvas and take off the spider webs from storage so to speak.

Dust off your canvas and start painting your life masterpiece!