Create, Creative, Creativity …What does it all really mean?
Is there really any one way that creativity can be explained or defined? Is it an abstract thought? A painting or a photograph? A sketch, a drawing, a sculpture? Or how about a song or a dance? To me, being creative and art can be any one of those things just mentioned but being involved in the arts and considering someone to be creative can mean many different things to a lot of different people.
I have always thought of the arts and being creative to consist of three specific categories which are music, dance and art, such as painting, drawing, sculpting, photography, etc. Throughout the years I have to some extent tried to dabble in different categories such as music when I was in a few choirs in school and also dance when I was enrolled in a jazz dance class at age 6 and in high school I took dance class and was on the dance team. But besides those few moments in my life, I never really considered myself to be a creative person at all. However, in my life, I have a few close friends who are artistic and creative and one person in my family. I have always wanted to be a creative person but could never bring myself to release any creativity inside me.
When thinking about my life and trying to find something to discuss that involves the arts and being creative, I sit here struggling as I do not see myself as a highly creative and/or artistic person. The one person I know who absolutely loves art and is wonderfully talented is my younger sister. I’m almost positive that she got majority of the artistic and creative ability in the family and I got very little. My sister mostly does paintings and pencil drawings. She started to display this talent at the young age of about 8 or 9 years old and from that time onward, her talent has grown so much over the years and I have had the chance to see her branch off and become so confident with her art.
My sister’s art, believe it or not, has definitely had an effect on me. She has definitely inspired me and helped me along the way as much as she possibly could, without losing her patience! My sister’s art is definitely something that has become of great importance to me. She has painted and drawn pictures for myself as gifts, which I display proudly around my room. And of course as I see her with all her talent, there have been times when I have tried to attempt to draw and paint something. But of course have not been successful. There was this one time, a few years ago, when I was sitting with my sister while she was painting and asked if I could join her. She gave me a mini canvas and a picture of a simple, not detailed teddy bear holding a balloon. I’ll never forget but over the span of about 20 minutes I tried and tried to copy the look of the bear and after that time passed my sister looked at my canvas to see what I had drawn…and I had only drawn the top of the head and two ears! She laughed as did I and quickly realized drawing AND painting was not something I was meant to do. I think I’ll stick to dance… =)
I do not think I will ever be able to grasp the artistic ability and talent that my sister holds with her, but I can definitely continue to support her love for art and enjoy the art she creates! With her permission, here are some pieces of art she has created over the years…
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