The Saturday Morning Post: Challenge Your Creativity to Grow

I try not to ask others to do something, I am not willing to try doing myself. Well sort of, I am not going to try neurosurgery, or changing the doohickies in my car.  This year I led the committee that set the themes for the local arts council shows.  Some of the ideas were mine, some were not my idea, but for all of them, I agreed that they were good. That we would ask our creative community to create art for those themes. Under the policy of not asking others to do something I am not willing to try myself, this has pushed me to challenge my creativity. 

One of the themes is "Still Life and Real Life."  I have never painted still life works. If I am going to ask others to do so, I should try. And I have. Are they great works of art destined to hang in a museum for centuries? When I stop laughing, I know they are not, but they are the best still life paintings I have ever done. I enjoyed creating them. I learned and grew by creating them. Without this challenge, I probably never would have. 

Challenge yourself to create in new ways this week. 

There is a YouTube series where an artist challenge himself to create 30 paintings in 30 days. He outlined a plan for different styles he wanted to try his hand at. The video said 30 in 30 days, his follow up video explained that he worked on planning for a couple of months, and several of the works took several days to complete, he may not have created all 30 in a 30 day period.  Still he challenged himself to create 30 unique works, exploring 30 styles and techniques. He learned and grew by challenging himself to be creative. 

How will you challenge your creativity this week.