Reflective Essay On The Accidental Creative

What was your most recent creative thought? How did this thought arise in your head? Was it in the midst of a pressured brainstorming session or did it come about naturally in a quiet and private manner? People aren’t born creative. Although many of us like to think that creativity is a God given gift that only the talented few are lucky to posses, it’s not quite that simple. It is a personal ability that is developed over time based on daily habits and actions. Todd Henry in his book The Accidental Creative: How to be Brilliant at a Moment 's Notice, makes a strong claim that creativity is just the same as any other skill because it requires consistent attention and must be able to be apart of our everyday lives in order to build upon it. Right from the beginning Henry makes it very clear that regardless of whether or not you work in a specifically creative field—such as art or …show more content…
First off, I thought it was a rather easy read which made this process much more smooth and enjoyable than I had originally anticipated. My supervisor wanted to assign something to me that had to do with a broad concept that can be applied to an endless variety of people in different situations rather than a specific go to guide on the business of event planning and management. He thought that it would be much more effective for me to learn about a topic such as the creative mind that I can not only apply to the work I am doing for him, but to my everyday life as well. This read has definitely expanded my outlook on how I must structure myself for the entire length of my professional career. Although most of the ideas and arguments in this book come across as pretty obvious, it did require me to fully read and analyze Todd Henry’s book in order for me to truly understand the deeper meaning to why creative thinking is a crucial trait to posses in order to separate yourself from the rest of the