Brit Morin argues adults need to reclaim creativity through play. An informal experiment compared how young children and 25-year-olds approached creative tasks, revealing stark differences in their willingness to experiment and take risks.
I had the hypothesis when I was starting this company that adults, and especially adult women, don't think they are very creative. My girlfriends all the time, and even myself occasionally, would just say literally things like, "Ugh, I wish I were creative. I wish I were an artist." I kept asking, "Why would you say that? When you were 3, 4, or 5 years old, I'm sure that if people put blocks or Legos or Play-Doh or crayons in front of you, you went to town and you just dove right in. So what happened between the 5-year-olds and the 25-year-olds? So I got a group of the 5-year-olds and put them into a room and asked them to do a lot of creative things. And then I got the 25-ish-year-olds and put them into a room and asked them to do the same things. We caught it all on video, and here's what happened. What happened. Emma, scene 2, take 1.
This is a really fun one. Okay. I want you to pick any of those capes that you like, and I want you to think about and become a character, and I want you to act out that character.
Okay. Ready, set, go. Hi Elizabeth, ready to go play? Want to jump rope now? We use our imagination a lot.
Okay, you can paint whatever you want.
I painted me and my dog playing. It's almost morning time and Those are little pieces of the day, and that's the grass, that's the dirt, and under it is just all color.
It's just a bunch of slashes and dots. I'm not an artist, but—
I love painting. I considered going to art school when I was a lot younger. My life took a different path, and I rarely paint.
My former dream job as a kid, I loved drawing and I loved doodling and animation.
What would you do in your life to be more creative?
Just make time for it. You know, I have a busy life and oftentimes that's something that can fall by the wayside.
How did it feel just in general to be creative today?
It was very hard. Now we go play some more Wilds Cook Game. Now it's done. Now we put it back on the table to cool off and then we dance some more. That was awesome! It was really, really fun.
Did anything scare you? No, no, no, no, no, not at all.
It was awesome. It was the best day ever.
Best day of my life.
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