Creative Project

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Introduction
It is the purpose of this paper to explore how I have applied the knowledge gained from my Leadership and Innovation course to identify my inner creative spirit and how the development of this inner creative spirit allowed me to create a final project that did not already exit. My final creative project is an oil painting, which I accomplished completely unaware that my ability to do so was being led by the process of this course.
Process Reflection
As I began this course I quickly started outlining ideas of what I wanted to create for my end project; many ideas came to mind. As I look back now on these ideas I can see that I was thinking with a practical perspective. I had no creative process; I was not allowing inspiration to guide my motivation. Fear of failure or critique kept my list of ideas within comfortable creative boundaries. These ideas were all projects that I knew I could succeed in creating and there was little room for failure. I was caught in a comfort zone and hesitant to step out into the world of true creativity, because failure and critique seemed imminent. This is where my creative transformation truly began to unfold, although I did not realized it at that time our class began this journey.
A number of tools from Bryan (1998) were essential in my first steps towards discovering the creative within me. I had to “disarm the snipers, traitors and enemies that” (Bryan, Cameron, & Allen, 1998, p. 41) were deterring my creative spirit. I needed to describe my creative self with expressions of strength and avoid the “extremes that our culture tends toward” (Bryan, Cameron, & Allen, 1998, p. 37). I had to first tackle my fear of failure. I started by replacing the words fear and failure with the terms ...

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...ll participate together in local community events. I now have a foundation of valuable knowledge to draw from when developing ideas and planning projects such as these. I now have the ability to find creative solutions to problems that may arise during the implementation of projects. This has instilled in me new confidence that I have realized has in turn made me a more noticed employee.
Conclusion
The end result of this process was not just the final creative project of an oil painting. It was the development and discovery of my inner creative spirit that came shinning though. It was a compete transformation, as well as, a new found understanding for how embracing creativity will help me succeed in other areas of my life, such as my career path. Although it has only been seven weeks of study and reflection, the end result has truly begun a life-changing journey.

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