{"id":2217,"date":"2020-07-24T23:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:39:51","slug":"how-to-be-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/how-to-be-creative","title":{"rendered":"How to be creative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Words and Photography by Nadine Wilmanns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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How to be creative<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Today, I really struggle with finding something interesting or potentially good to write. In fact, I often feel that way. However, my writing day is Friday, so something must be written – inspired or not. So, I`m taking the opportunity to write about commitment and inspiration.<\/p>\n

The other day I`ve read a quote that basically nails it: \u201cForget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you`re inspired or not.\u201d (Octavia E.Butler in \u201cBloodchild and Other Stories\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The mystery of the \"cloud of inspiration\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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That`s what`s happening to me today: I have developed kind of a habit for myself, to write something on a Friday. I have a regular \u201cappointment\u201d with myself. And because I feel it`s important for me, I am committed to keeping that appointment. Even when I don`t feel \u201cinspired\u201d or \u201ccreative\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n

Yet, I haven`t always been like that at all. And I still lack that quality in many areas of my life, where I should be more persistent and committed. I used to say: \u201cNerr, I`ll do that some other day when I feel more like it.\u201d And I had that idea of some cloud of inspiration just coming over me now and then, without me being in much of control at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Creativity requires fight (at times)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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However, I have often seen, that this is not true at all: Why is it, that deadlines at Fashion Uni made me more \u201ccreative\u201d? Well, I think, it`s because I was forced to actually sit down and do the work. Because there was a deadline, I didn\u2019t have the option to wait for a cloud of inspiration to land on me. I had to get to work and fight \u2013 and make the inspiration come.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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And it does come eventually. Sometimes sooner, sometimes it takes a while. \u201cCreativity requires fight, action, habit, practice, work and never to give up\u201d, writes photographer Chris Orwig in his great book\u00a0 “The Creative Fight”.<\/a><\/p>\n

At times, the outcome may not be brilliant. But having done my part is what counts. I have kept my appointment. If I keep on this way and keep on working it, instead of waiting for a creative spark, eventually, there will be something really good along the way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wie Kreativit\u00e4t zustande Kommt<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Heute tue ich mir schwer, etwas zu finden, \u00fcber das ich schreiben k\u00f6nnte. Tats\u00e4chlich geht es mir oft so. Allerdings ist Freitag mein Schreib-Tag \u2013 egal ob ich \u201cinspiriert\u201d bin oder nicht. Also nutze ich die Gelegenheit, etwas \u00fcber Inspiration schreiben und dar\u00fcber, sich auf etwas festzulegen.<\/p>\n

Neulich habe ich ein Zitat gelesen, dass die Sache perfekt trifft: \u201eVergiss Inspiration. Gewohnheit ist verl\u00e4sslicher. Gewohnheit wird dich tragen, egal ob du inspiriert bist oder nicht.\u201c (Octavia E.Butler in \u201cBloodchild and Other Stories\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Die \"Insprirationswolke\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Das passiert mir heute auch: Ich habe eine Art Gewohnheit f\u00fcr mich entwickelt, Freitags etwas zu schreiben. Ich habe einen regelm\u00e4\u00dfigen \u201eTermin\u201c mit mir selber und weil ich den f\u00fcr mich wichtig finde, halte ich ihn ein. Auch wenn ich mich gerade nicht \u201einspiriert\u201c oder \u201ekreativ\u201c f\u00fchle.<\/p>\n

So war ich aber \u00fcberhaupt nicht immer. Und in vielen Bereichen in meinem Leben halte ich mich immer noch nicht gut an meine eigenen Versprechen an mich. Typischerweise w\u00fcrde ich sagen: \u201eNee, ich mache das ein andermal, wenn mir mehr danach ist.\u201c Ich hatte die Idee einer Art \u201eInspirationswolke\u201c, die sich einfach ab und zu auf einem absetzt, ohne dass man das gro\u00dfartig beeinflussen kann.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kreativit\u00e4t erfordert (manchmal) Kampf<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Allerdings habe ich oft gesehen, dass das nicht stimmt: Warum war ich zum Beispiel im Modestudium ausgerechnet kurz vor den Deadlines \u201ekreativer\u201c als sonst? Ich denke, es lag daran, dass ich gezwungen war, mich tats\u00e4chlich hinzusetzen und die Aufgaben konzentriert anzugehen. Wegen der Deadline hatte ich gar nicht die Option, auf eine Inspirationswolke zu warten. Ich musste mich an die Arbeit machen, k\u00e4mpfen \u2013 und der Inspiration hinterherrennen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Und man kriegt sie dann auch irgendwann, manchmal fr\u00fcher, manchmal sp\u00e4ter. \u201eKreativit\u00e4t erfordert Kampf, Tun, Gewohnheit, \u00dcbung und nie aufzugeben\u201d, schreibt Fotograf Chris Orwig in seinem Buch\u00a0“The Creative Fight”<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Es kommt vor, dass das Ergebnis nicht gro\u00dfartig ist. Aber meinen Teil, das was ich konnte, abgeliefert zu haben, ist das was z\u00e4hlt. \u00a0Ich habe meinen Termin eingehalten. Wenn ich auf diesem Weg bleibe und weiter daran arbeite, anstatt auf einen kreativen Geistesblitz zu warten, dann wird \u00a0irgendwann auch mal etwas richtig Gutes dabei rauskommen. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How habits help with our creativity. \u201cForget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. 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