Typically when I think about creativity I think of art and the tools used to make art–paint, marble, yarn, thread, cameras, popsicle sticks.  Growing up with a mom who is a painter, I never thought of myself as creative.  I most certainly didn’t think of myself as artistic.

Lately however, I’ve been discovering this side of myself.  I’ve been reading a number of blogs and articles about various forms of creativity, but I never thought I would learn about it reading the Harvard Business Review.

Check out this article via Box of Crayons (a blog I follow mainly for work).

I’m intrigued by creativity and inspiration and where people find it.

Because of Shona Cole I have been looking for inspiration in the every day.

Because of the Disney Imagineers I have adopted the attitude “Dream. Do.”–not to be confused with Just Do It because that usually requires sweat and running and I’m still working my way up to that.

And from Jim Collins, I’m going to consider making time for white space–as if living with four males won’t make that a challenge.  You should have seen my sons’ clothes after an encounter with a snow cone at the circus tonight.

Where do you find your inspiration?  Where is the most unlikely place you’ve found it?  Do you get the opportunity to even look for it?

*I recognize that it takes a tremendous amount of creativity to run a successful business, but  I thought about that kind of creativity as different rather than opening my mind to all of the possibilities for inspiration.