Rediscovering our inner spark: embracing creativity in adulthood

Last week, talking about work, my mother-in-law told me that I shine especially when I am not constrained.
This comment reminded me of a post I read about children making up concepts when they don't know a word. One of them wrote: My kid didn’t know the word “drizzle”, so he said “rain dust”. I found this so perfect, so poetic, so creative.

We are all born being creatives. As kids, we don’t have limitations, especially on imagination. Over-imagination is perceived as normal when you are a child, but it is a rarity when you are an adult.
A person with excessive imagination, as they grow up and become an adult, is commonly perceived as weird, crazy, unserious... All these factors inhibit us, limit our creativity.

I say we shouldn't let anyone limit our imagination. That it doesn't matter if you look crazy, you'll be a happy crazy person. That, even if you have some rules –especially at work, when you have a closed briefing– you should try to break some of them (without disrespecting anyone, of course).

In short, let's not lose the spark from when we were little. Let's get excited about things in the same way. I'm sure the world would be a better place if we were all creative, each in our own speciality.

We all shine brighter when we are allowed to just be us.