The enthusiasm or willingness to do something, and the reasons one has for doing it. That's 'motivation'. It's different for everyone. One person might be motivated to be creative for the stress relief. Another because it helps them work through things and grow better than therapy. Yet another is motivated because there's no safer, more private place to cultivate their spiritual connection.

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Creative thinking is the ability to consider something in a new way. Creative thinking includes analysis, open-mindedness, problem-solving, organization, self-expression, and communication.

Most of us are more inspired by things we like. That's a creativity clue 🙂 Engagement is one of the 3 components (the other two are creative thinking and motivation which we'll talk about next).

Most people consider Harvard respectable. Harvard, the NIH, The Am. Psychological Assoc. have all researched creativity. The news is good for you and me. They all have lots of interesting things to say, but I'll just throw out a few here....

Confusion abounds, while clarity patiently awaits your attention. We will never have clarity thru the glasses of confusion. Attention is key. Confusion gets worked out in a creative process, at which point there is space for clarity.