We need to calm down a little bit. We get so overwhelmed by anybody who has a creative side that we get flattered instanty.
Any fellow is know as creative because he does what everybody else is not doing. If all the people around you are painters, and if you opted out not to paint then you are creative since you are not like anybody . I think each one of us are creative, we just choose not to do something creative over doing something which pays our bills 'easily'; easily because something which you are good at ,will earn you money eventually .
I think 'creative' word is restricting our ideas and 'artist' word brings a whole lot of prejudices with itself. When you can create something, choose not to buy the same thing available easily, you are creative. When you have lots of ideas around one particular thing, then you are artist of that art.
I have seen creative people and I have seen artists.My mom is very creative, she knows what menu to put up with which set of friends. She knows what furniture will go with walls. She can make a new set of jewellery from the bits and pieces of junk jewellery lying around. She knows individual things that will calm down each person in the home. She knows how to decorate perfectly any dessert or any showy thing. But when an interior designer is around, she cannot be boss because there is an artist present who knows this art better than her.
Artists are wholly devoted to their art. They think, breathe, see and listen to only those things which gets approval by their artistic aura(if you know what I mean). This kind of dedication is not everybody's cup of tea. It requires patience, dedication and a strong belief in your art.
Creative people just go for something that will be widely appreciated and accepted. They need to observe the people who they are dealing with.Their idea is to keep everybody happy including themseves. I think every artist should be creative if he want a wider range of audience. Suppose if a vocal artist is invited to a wedding and he has been asked to perform a song. If he is a creative person , he will go for a happy, well-known song. If he is not creative, he will perform on anything without thinking about the occassion or people or location.Artists make their living out of their art so it is not their fault if they are not concerned with what people might think. Whereas creative people are just concerned with making things better which is not always necessary. One can easily survive with simple things without adding any creative touch.
What one thing I surely know is anything which you cannot do, and some other person does it,then it calls for a good appreciation. You have to be a sport and appreciate the efforts. Even if it's a small help of making your presentation more presentable, or giving a personal touch to a very small space of your apartment by your artist friend. Art is meant to please your senses. SO when you do get pleased, don't hesitate to pass over a good appreciation to the responsible person.
And even if you think that you dont possess a single creative bug inside your head, just speak to yourself; it will help. And you can always excel in being an honest critic of the art.
Let's hope for appreciation(and less hope for criticism).
Feeing artistic(creative included),
Mrunal
