Trapped

The phrase “outside the box” means to so many of us the idea of thinking creatively, thinking something contrary to the norm.  Something unique, strange, different.

We like to talk about people who think outside the box, about people who ‘have trouble’ thinking outside the box.  Everything revolves around actually being outside the box, rarely do people talk about being trapped.

People, like myself, do not enjoy thinking ‘inside the box.’  It isn’t that it is impossible for us, but for the most part- why would I blindly follow the path that has been tread before, when there are others that haven’t been journeyed yet?

As creative minded people, sometimes we get trapped inside the box of normality.  It doesn’t happen on purpose (although few things are trapped on purpose…), but it happens.  Maybe our ideas aren’t heard, maybe we are asked to do things we know aren’t ‘us,’ or maybe we just haven’t tried that hard to be creative and end up trapping ourselves.

There has to be a way out for us-  an outlet in some way.  Never let your entire creative being be found in your job, or wherever it is that you feel trapped.  Have a ‘side hobby’, where no matter what- you can go to it as your creative outlet.  If you don’t, you will be trapped.  Don’t let that happen to you.