People often ask me, “How do you come up with creative ideas?”
It’s a question I hear frequently whenever I meet someone who is interested in creative art.
In the world of art, we often find innovative creations that seem simple, yet are ideas many people would have never thought of before.
How does that happen?
Because most people see things only from their usual point of view, seeing an object simply as it appears and according to the function it is meant to serve.
As artists, we often see things ‘outside the box’, viewing them from a different perspective.
That is where creativity truly comes from.
For example, when we look at a dinner plate, we tend to see it only as a plate, its function remains nothing more than that.
But once we change our perspective and see it differently, everything changes.
For instance, when we arrange ornamented plates on a wall, they become a unique artistic installation, giving the object an entirely new value.
That is how we begin to develop creative ideas. It doesn’t always require discovering something new in a complicated way.
Sometimes, all you need is to view an object from a different perspective.
I hope this short piece of writing can help you find creative ideas. Thank you.
E. Kuswoyo, S.Sn
CEO, Exotica Creative World PT.
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A thoughtful and inspiring piece. It beautifully reminds us that creativity isn’t always about inventing something new, but about seeing familiar things from a different perspective. The simple example of transforming dinner plates into wall art perfectly illustrates how imagination can turn the ordinary into something extraordinary.