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[Blue Grass Fever]

Originally Posted by Rance

Alaska is full of creative peoples. You should see some of the homes, the vehicles, the artwork or business'. Red Green is my favorite show. That guy can create anything with duct tape.

Red Green, the "Canadian hillbilly"!

[Cecilia_Rose]

Originally Posted by KimoJimo

I've always known that I was creative.... One time, during a low point in our finances, my partner and I took jobs with a house cleaning company. I used to not only clean but I'd re-arrange the furniture. Never got a complaint!

Im smiling reading this cause I clean part time and I have a waiting list. Because I put stuff away and organize their cupboards and rearrange the furniture and klediments. LOL.

[Cecilia_Rose]

Originally Posted by Blue Grass Fever

Yes, i'm highly creative in the way i improvise on things. For example, i didn't have a wine cork popper so i took a dry wall screw to the cork so i could pry it with a pair of side-cutters. PoPPPPP! Bingo! Wine bottle opened!

How is that for being creative????

Yes thats me too. Im an excellent problem solver. I did tech suport for years. People wouldalways call me if they had a biggie.

Id say Im crafty but I dont really paint things so much as put them together in unusual ways. And I really like to design and build things. I just finished a raised 30x40 block patio and now Im workin on the flower beds and dry stacked wall around it . Im also workin on a 10 ft heart shaped stepped pond with a rock wall around it.

Did I mention I have a fetish for rocks. I smooshed my finger between two of the big suckers so Im taking a short break. LOL. Besides Mr Mouskiewitz is still sick and he has to be held.

[Baltic_Celt]

Originally Posted by KimoJimo

I've always known that I was creative.... One time, during a low point in our finances, my partner and I took jobs with a house cleaning company. I used to not only clean but I'd re-arrange the furniture. Never got a complaint!

Hey Kimo -

That's because they forgot where their furniture was underneath all those T-shirts, flip flops, fuzzy slippers & Hawaiian shirts!

Nice to see you, my friend... VV

[Baltic_Celt]

Originally Posted by vasinger

My Dr. told me he thinks highly creative people are rare. Do you believe this is true? I think everyone has creativity in them, but it does seem more often than not, most people by nature are not all that creative.

Highly creative people seem to be a small percentage of our population. Most people prefer more practical and pragmatic things like Sports, or going into very conventional professions.

Discuss.

Hi Vas -

I'm wondering what kind of dr he is & where he found this info? Either the world if packed with creative types or I, by some unbelieveable stroke of luck, have always been surrounded by mostly creative professional folks, most who make a FT living at it & many I'm still in touch with - hairdressers/make-up artists, arts & crafts makers of all kinds, wedding cake designers, clothing designer, sculptors/painters (I know 4), metaphysical teachers/practitioners of all sorts, singers/dancers (I know 4), writers (I know 2), musicians (far too many to count over my lifetime). I could go on, depending on what is considered "creative", like yoga/ballet/swim teachers, instructors in varying left-of-mainstream subjects, massage therapists/chiropractors/acupuncturists.

I also know many who are crafty at home in some way & do it for a hobby. Come to think of it, I'm far pressed to think of anyone I know, either family, the few neighbors I know or friends, who aren't creative in some way, most in multiple ways.

I've worked mainly in creative fields, so perhaps this is why my stats are skewed, but I've seen creative types everywhere I go & I've lived all across the country & in other countries. I've never experienced a lack of creative types around me, which is very refreshing.

Wow, thanks for the post. I just realized how many cool friends I have or have had... VV