So at this party I meet an acquaintance--a creative guy who seems to have a unique...and positive outlook on life. He's one of those rare people who is naturally easy to talk to, so I do something I never do and actually tell him about the Doodle project. I know. I'm horrible at marketing myself, so the fact that I said anything is out of the ordinary for me.
We got to talking about how do you define creativity...or what does it mean to do something creative? And I loved his response, "I think how you choose to interact with other people can creative expression." And he went on to talk about allowing yourself to be open to others...perhaps a shy person being himself and open to meeting a new person is a creative act.
And now me with a corny metaphor, but if a blooming flower is nature's creation in action, then so would be a person who is opening up one's true self to others.
And this got me thinking about how shy I can be when meeting new people socially. I decided to be a fine artist and enjoy myself, be myself and not worry about saying the wrong thing. I mean, we're all just flowers in a field, individually beautiful, but not all that different from each other. I never did make it to the gym.
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