{"id":291026,"date":"2020-12-12T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T22:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=291026"},"modified":"2020-12-12T17:27:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T22:27:46","slug":"the-art-of-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/12\/the-art-of-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/creativity\/\">Creativity<\/a> as an approach and technique, not some sort of god-given gift to the select few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-creativity\">What is creativity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/688A530E-0861-48F5-B112-230D965A091D.jpeg?resize=1568%2C2091&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/688A530E-0861-48F5-B112-230D965A091D.jpeg?resize=706%2C941&amp;ssl=1 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creativity is in all of us. To express ourselves through the act of creating things &#8230; this is creativity in the real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1573\" data-attachment-id=\"291032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/12\/the-art-of-creativity\/0f8ad022-098a-4af8-86d7-a3f9d63deecb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0F8AD022-098A-4AF8-86D7-A3F9D63DEECB.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=1568%2C2091&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/284246F1-1241-4590-9FA6-49A79E42C729.jpeg?resize=706%2C941&amp;ssl=1 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wild-experimentation\">Wild experimentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above all, to challenge convention. 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1738C661-A51D-4FE4-84D6-9357C0829F1F.jpeg?resize=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1738C661-A51D-4FE4-84D6-9357C0829F1F.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1738C661-A51D-4FE4-84D6-9357C0829F1F.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1738C661-A51D-4FE4-84D6-9357C0829F1F.jpeg?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1738C661-A51D-4FE4-84D6-9357C0829F1F.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1738C661-A51D-4FE4-84D6-9357C0829F1F.jpeg?resize=1568%2C2091&amp;ssl=1 1568w, 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href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/25\/photographing-with-no-filter-in-small-jpeg\/\">Photographing With No Filter in Small JPEG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/13\/the-impetus-to-create\/\">The Impetus to Create<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/01\/on-focusing-on-your-own-self-development\/\">On Focusing on Your Own Self Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/29\/why-come-up-with-new-ideas\/\">WHY COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/visual-stochastic-resonance\/\">Visual Stochastic Resonance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/30\/future-creativity\/\">Future Creativity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/16\/eternal-re-creation\/\">Eternal Re-Creation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/13\/how-i-come-up-with-my-ideas-ideation-101\/\">How I Come Up With My Ideas (Ideation 101)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/11\/how-to-be-creative-during-quarantine\/\">How to Be Creative During Quarantine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/06\/constraints-are-creative\/\">Constraints are Creative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/how-to-be-more-creative-during-covid\/\">HOW TO BE MORE CREATIVE DURING COVID<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/it-is-all-connected\/\">It is All Connected.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/28\/what-is-interesting-to-you-is-very-likely-to-be-interesting-to-others\/\">What is Interesting to You is Very Likely to Be Interesting to Others<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/success-is-your-only-option\/\">Success is Your Only Option<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-photos-more-artistic\/\">How to Make Your Photos More Artistic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/rick-rubin\/\">Creative Lessons Rick Rubin Can Teach You About Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/why-i-love-shooting-with-an-lcd-screen\/\">Why I Love Shooting With an LCD Screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/abstract-photography\/\">How to Shoot Abstract Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-spontaneous-in-your-photography-and-life\/\">How to Be More Spontaneous in Your Photography and Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-re-invent-yourself-in-photography\/\">How to Re-Invent Yourself in Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-photograph-like-a-child\/\">How to Photograph Like a Child<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-be-a-more-imaginative-photographer\/\">How to Be a More Imaginative Photographer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/provoke\/\">Provoke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/never-rust\/\">Never Rust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/limit-your-palette\/\">Limit Your Palette<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/05\/follow-your-intuition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow Your Intuition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/18\/have-creative-confidence-in-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Have Creative Confidence in Yourself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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