Circles of Creativity
Creativity is not just at the heart of our business; it is also at the heart of our Well Being. Creativity has the power to improve our physical and psychological health, boost our immune function, and give us greater life satisfaction and meaning.
Therefore, creativity is not a product that we judged for its value; creativity is a process or the becoming of the bringing of something new into the world. When we take a view of creativity as central to everyday life, we can begin to ask the question: “Is it possible to develop a more powerful awareness of our creativity, moment to moment”.
In every act we engage in from leadership to relationship to being human involves creativity. This leads to creativity not as something that we add to as a way of being a good leader, a good lover, and good human, but something we express and explore as an everyday captivity to become self-actualised.
Creativity is something we live, it not just what we do, but why we do it, and how we do it. Each of us as a human being share universal identity, and yet it is only through the expression of creativity do we really become an individual.
Spirituality, Philosophy, and Psychology, all have explored how we access our personal creativity, and British philosophy and world scholar Roy Bhaskar has provided the most advance and yet simple view of creativity.
The Five Circles of Creativity
The first circle ‘Calling’ is the initial impulse or the will to bring something new into the world. It is both the exploration of what we are called to create and the exploration of what needs to be let go of or changed to ensure that we can access the second circle.
The second circle ‘Creation’ is integral to our existence and can be seen as the emergence of something new supported by a confluence of mind>thinking>meaning.
The third circle ‘Formation’ is the evolving process of the creative act, leading to a product that has emotional resonance, valuable meaning, and vitality impact.
The fourth circle ‘Making’ is the act or agency of the creative work as a practice of transformation.
The fifth circle ‘Reflexivity’ represents the space in which we look back on the creative process, explore the impact of the change, and plan for the ongoing process of improvement.
As a Therapist and Coach I had the honour of working along side Professor Roy Bhaskar, and for the past three years has been exploring Bhaskar’s work on creativity and change. The five circle of change when link to the five change questions provide an insightful and powerful change process that leads to the bringing of something new into the world.