Currently, I view my freedom as an extension of my youth. For a long time, I was trying to grow up too fast and be too mature. I was afraid to live my life. After I read the Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, my perspective changed.
Now my level of creativity reflects how young I'm feeling. When I wake up with a lot to do, I tend to feel like an old woman bound to my routine. When I'm spontaneous and realize that work can wait, I tend to be off the charts creatively.
These days, when I'm feeling a little too old, I listen to this song by Fun.
It's called We Are Young, and every single time I listen to it, I'm inspired. Everything about it intrigues me. It's not about making good choices or past regrets, it's about embracing the fact that at this point, we're free to be young. I think sometimes students in general become overwhelmed with the haunting thoughts of our futures, but this song is a reminder that the future can wait because tonight we are young.
My favorite poet/person to find quotes from is e. e. cummings. Typically, poetry is not my favorite form of expression, but I love cummings' style. I love him so much that his quote "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are" inspired my tattoo.
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If you're wondering, it's on my hip. Not a tramp stamp. It symbolizes this time in my life where I'm finally figuring out who I'm supposed to be and leaving behind the person I thought I was.
I searched Google Images for pictures of e.e. cummings quotes, and I found the following:
While this wall decal isn't necessarily centered around youth, it still makes the point that believing in yourself leads to unlimited curiosity and creativity. Being young is about finding yourself and accept whoever that person is. When I read this quote, I not only want to wall decal, I also realize that it takes the confidence that I'm creative to excel.
I found this picture in my pursuit of information and I loved the message behind it. It serves as a reminder that I'm growing older every second. As I mentioned earlier, I believe that life is for living and youth is for embracing. The more I realize it's important to enjoy my life, the more creative I am. This comes from a combination of experiencing new things and not being so anal about everything. Being young teaches me to keep calm and carry on.
I. Love. This.
First of all, the design element is simple but it makes clear the purpose. It's messy and deliberate. One of my greatest fears is failing. In my creativity class we talk a lot about how failing is just finding a way that doesn't work, but it still hurts when something doesn't happen the way you thought it should. This picture reminds me that I'm only 21, things aren't going to work out all the time for me. I'm still figuring out who I am and what I want to do, so how can I expect anything else?
It's important to realize that in some way we all fail. But we should embrace failing because it teaches you more about a situation or yourself. If we all constantly succeeded, we would never grow as individuals.
The greatest lesson I've learned to date is enjoy being young. Don't let yourself grow up too fast. Enjoy all the rejection, the heartbreak, the pain and the misery because someday we won't be experiencing so many new and exciting aspects of life. Realize that without the heartache and the failing, we would never discover who we truly are.
Be inspired to be creative by your youth. When you're stuck in front of your computer trying to write a press release or design a new logo, escape and do something spontaneous. Allow ideas to flow to you instead of trying to generate them artificially.
Being young is a unique experience that most can't wait to get away from. Embrace the challenges of growing up and embrace yourself. I guarantee your creativity will flourish.
I believe Ralph Waldo Emerson summarized it best when he said, "Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant."
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