I like to think that I am a very creative person but as I sit here and think about it I am not sure if I am or not. But then again I think it is just because I am thinking about it. There are many times in life in which we can think of a million examples of something and then once you are put on the spot you cannot remember at all. I am currently having that problem. However, I do vaguely remember a few things from my childhood where I was able to use creativity. Growing up, I lived on a farm. We had all kinds of animals: dogs, cats, cows, horses, and chickens. (Lots of work) Since I lived on a farm, we were located out in the country. Now, I still had neighbors but none them had young children. So, instead of playing games with my friends I was forced to (attempt to) get along with my siblings and play games with them. A large part of living on a farm is a lot of work. We have a huge hay field in front of our house and every summer it needed cut and baled. At the very young age of 8 I learned what hard work was all about. I also learned how to drive a tractor and diesel pickup truck. Our job as kids was to drive the truck around to each of the bales, stop and pick it up, stack it, and then take it all to the barn and stack it there. In order to cope with the fact that I hated lifting so much hay, I used to pretend that they were people who were hurt and they needed to go to the hospital. Then it kind of turned into a race to see how fast we could pick up the hay. Crazy right? Well it might be but it got my siblings and I through the work. Another way I used creativity as a child was making games out of the stacked hay in the barn. Our stacks used to be as high as the ceiling. As we started to feed to horses the hay, it would slowly clear out levels. Perfect for climbing! So we would pretend it was a mountain and had races to get to the top. For some odd reason my siblings and I also had a snow board. Why? I have no idea, but we took a hose a tied it to one of the top beams and used it as a small swing. We held onto that and would proceed to ‘snowboard’ down the hay. It is amazing the things you can think of as a child. I guess it was a great way to pass the time!
At this current point in time I cannot think of a time where I used creativity to get me out of a problem. Maybe if I think of one I can come back and comment but at the moment I am blank. As for a creative scene with the Superheroes, I think the one I remember the most was from a scene in the Captain America movie. As he was charging into the forest he was riding a motorcycle and had many people trying to come after him. He then devised various plans to get them off his tail. This included some sort of rope that strangled them, fire, and other mechanisms. I thought this was a creative way to get away from the enemy. If I were a superhero I am not sure I would be able to think that quickly on my feet.
I think, when you think about the question "Am I creative?" you have to think situationally. When someone gives you an idea, are you able to interpret that idea in many different ways to make it the best. When your problem solving in life, do you think of a way to solve the issue in many ways? I think this might help you when thinking if you are trying to figure out if you are creative or if you just go by the text book answer.
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