Create vs Creative

Last week I said writing was the easiest thing for me to do in order to get my creative fix. I worded that wrong. It is the easiest thing to do to fulfill my very human desire to create. I use my creativity all the time in Architecture to solve problems, but I don't get to create much.

You can be creative in any number of contexts. Creativity doesn't have to be about the arts. The stay at home mom that figures out a better way to organize her diaper changing table so she can change her squirmy little boy as fast as possible is being creative. The structural engineer that designs a structure to hold up the artsy Architects weird design is being creative. To design a better mousetrap you have to be creative. It doesn't have to be about writing the great American novel.

When the Bible says we were created in God's image it is not talking about our physical form. Free will and our ability to create are what make us similar to God. That is why creating is one of our fundamental needs. To create is to reach down deep into yourself and pull something out. To bring form to the void. To make something from nothing. To fill the blank page or change the pile of wood into a cabinet. The act of creating reaches down into a fundamental part of ourselves and we need to express that in some form. Writing works me. What does for you?