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One of the most valuable elements of creativity and creating things is the way it allows us to connect more deeply.

When we get a direct hot wired short cut straight to the source of our creativity it can make us feel excited, energised, more alive, more motivated and more happy.

There are two different ways we can use our creativity to connect more deeply:

1. Using your creativity to connect with yourself.

When you create from the deepest point inside yourself, that true source of creativity, it's rewarding in a way that nothing else can be.

You feel more alive and more connected and that you're closer to feeling and knowing what life itself is all about.

We all have our own unique set of creative skills and talents, and we each have our own creative voice. The more we create, the more we experiment and explore our creativity, the closer we get to that deep pure source, and to our unique creative voice.

Maybe for a poet it takes a hundred poems to even begin to get close to finding their unique ways of expressing themselves.

If you were that poet and you write one poem a month, obviously it's going to take nearly a decade to get this point. If you write a poem a day, of course you'll get there quicker. Then you can write each poem beyond that more easily and in a way more authentically as that pure expression of YOU.

2. Using your creativity to connect with other people.

There are many ways we can use our unique creative talents to connect with others. The two most obvious distinctions are connecting directly or indirectly.

If you're a singer for example, you might record an album and it sell a few thousand copies. You know that in some way you've connected with a few thousand people through your art. You know too that what you've put out in the world is in someway adding to people's lives, making them a little better.

And, as a singer, you probably do live gigs. During these you can enjoy the direct connection and feedback from your audience in a way that's not possible through selling records.

Another way creativity connects people is through shared creative passions. You could join a group, club or online forum about a creative passion of yours, and share your experiences with others who enjoy similar things.

Though you may not be directly sharing YOUR art, this is still a wonderful and valuable way of having meaningful connections with other people through creativity.

This is just a starting point to illustrate the to main ways you can connect more deeply – to yourself and to others – thought your creativity.

Doesn't that inspire you to want to create more, starting today?