Yes it does. Sometimes it’s just not obvious.

Anyone can be creative. That doesn’t mean you have to sketch in charcoals or write symphonies. Those are the easy-to-spot big ticket items people define creativity by, effectively trapping it in a suffocating box. And boxes, containers, rules and regulations are completely contrary to the idea of creativity.

Granted, “she’s so creative” typically comes in response to a demonstration of this gift. She’s a painter, designer, photographer, decorator, chef, writer… so it comes as no surprise. But isn’t it fun to be surprised by someone’s imagination? In a building full of people measured by their ‘non-linear thinking’ – we discovered a quiet creative in our midst. Janet – our ‘front of house’ person brought in this beautiful spool of ribbon.

Then magically – creatively – she transformed it into a stunningly wearable work of art. And no one saw it coming.

Janet’s scarf reminds us that everyone expresses their creative prowess differently and in varying degrees. Just because it’s not loud and obvious doesn’t mean creativity doesn’t exist. It’s in you. And the guy who delivers your mail. And the kid goofing off in church. And the woman who answers your phone. All these people carry creativity within them.

It’s the inability to recognize it or to even expect it in someone that shows a lack of creativity.