It seems that as people change from children to adults, a lot of them lose their creative spark. Less want to draw or paint, less want to create music..et cetera. Even using this spark for business becomes stifled by many. What might be going on in the heads of these people that they would stop doing this?
2006-09-06 10:56:40 · 7 answers · asked by walkerzo2000 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
When I was young, I wasn't particularly creative. I was rather bookish and liked stability. I figured inertia and the path of least resistance were the way of life. When I was about 20, I realized the meaning of life is simply to enjoy it. It took me another 10 years to realize enjoyment of life is more than just a phrase. Another 10 years and I now realize my enjoyment of life changes as my life changes and I'll never truly understand the full ability to enjoy life. I just do my best. There are additional responsibilities that conflict with what I want to do, but other opportunities have opened up. So now I am a woodworker, martial artist, and a student nearing a master's degree. I still have to work for the Air Force and that limits my enjoyment. Enjoyment for me now is different than enjoyment 20 or 30 years ago. Do you still enjoy the same things you did when you were in kindergarden? They might find you've changed to become boring (How can you NOT like Barney the Dinosaur!?!?)
Responsibility and life change you. You will change, too. Keep and open mind and strive to enjoy life whenever you can, however you can. Help others enjoy life - this is enjoyment for you as well. In time, younger people will puzzle over why you enjoy what you do!
2006-09-06 11:42:02 · answer #1 · answered by Adashi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a loss of freedom. Do you realize Children are free, and adults are imprisoned? Even under the thumb of MOM, you are more free then you will be when you have to....
work
pay taxes
provide for a family
set aside education money for self and children
keep the job
progress in the job
health insurance
life insurance
more taxes
keep food on the table
child care
health problems, yours, spouse, children, and aging parents
You get the point. No one is really free, so creativity is stiffled. When you go on vacation, you are more free at that point, but it is only 2 weeks a year and guess what? The house needs to be painted....the gas prices are too high, so you stick around the house doing all the things you let pile up.
ONE word...RESPONSIBILITY! It weights heavy on a person's shoulders....creativity is/was a luxury of a free mind.
2006-09-06 11:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by DA R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly the world as a whole has a way of destroying the creative genius of many. As children we see the world as an open canvas of exploration and imagination. More people and events come into your life however and paint different pictures and sooner or later you lose your visionary and start living theirs. It's rather sad, but not entirely unfixable.
2006-09-06 16:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by ~Mother Of Angels~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I am called the crafty one, because I do a lot of different things for the holidays or with my grandchildren. I love using my creativity and don't care if they think I'm childish.
2006-09-06 11:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by kitkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you are flung out into the world and have to survive, you have less time to just do stuff. You work all the time to feed yourself and then it all multiplies when you have kids. On your freetime, most people dont want to work at making stuff, they want to relax and not think.
i am lucky because i work as an artist, but the downside is that I am making things for other people. i wish i had time to make stuff for myself.
2006-09-06 11:05:42 · answer #5 · answered by sssnole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...i became more creative as i matured.
i would think that as people get older the fall into routine. and along with that more and more responsibility comes with age and it can get stressful. and i would think that stress hinders your creative ability a great deal. ...but I'm just guessing.
2006-09-06 11:04:34 · answer #6 · answered by Grant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
society forces us to change. to become inhibited. to become realistic. to take less chances. to be less happy. people hate change in general.
2006-09-06 11:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Langdon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋