Pro’s and Con’s of being creative

As the course I am currently studying at university is Creative Media, I am challenged to have creative ideas daily. But it has proven to be more complicated and complex than I thought. As I have found some challenging elements of that when doing my recent projects in Web Design and Radio Production. Any individual can come up with a creative idea but it does not necessarily mean that it is a good idea or even functional. During the creative process of my projects many times I thought I’ve had an epiphany but in the end I had to acknowledge that the idea did not work for my projects. The most difficult part of being creative is being critical of you’re own work and acknowledging that something isn’t functional,  it won’t serve for the desired purpose and it will not appeal to its target audience. I believe this is what drove some classic artists mad, the fact that sometimes in order to create something truly great you need to shut  down and kill other good ideas which can be quite difficult for some. But after going through a vicious circle of coming up with ideas, checking if they work, get someone else’s opinion (public’s opinion) and then evolving the ideas or shutting it down. After many processes and many sleepless night, it is always rewarding when the final product is finished and fully functional.

Feel free to message me or post any comments about the challenges of being creative.