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One of the problems I have with the word “Creativity” is that it is often used to mean boundless imagination. People think they don’t have it, or they think they need to be freed from bounds to achieve it. What it really is is making stuff. Creating. And if we’re waiting or shaming ourselves, we’re not making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creativity (Making) Happens when we’re solving problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The problem is, sometimes there aren’t enough problems. If we are free to imagine a lot of stuff we can do, it’s paralysing. Our brain is looking for the problem to solve and there is not clear problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to make things concrete. Let’s say we have to write a book, but we don’t have a budget, a deadline, a topic, an audience, page count, or a genre. Most likely we’ll be glad to have the freedom, but will quickly feel put on the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The easiest solution is to make limitations. When someone says they want to make a new stage act and they ask me how to start, I say “which show do you want your stage act to go in? ” If they want it to work in Scot Nery’s Boobietrap<\/a> for example, they’ll immediately be dammed up. They’ll know…<\/p>\n\n\n\n