Final Reflection on "The Creative Habit"

We can gain a lot from Tharp's perspective about not only creativity but also autonomy. She depicts creativity in a different way than we would normally think of it. Most times when one thinks of creativity we think only of art work, painting and projects. But her book focuses more on how to find your own creative habits not only in art but in your life in general. She shows that creativity to her is more of a self driven thing. To her you have to know your goals and drive yourself to achieve all that you want to in your creative projects. To her it represents individualism and who she is as a person and she wants us to find our own too and rely on our own ideas. This is important because it helps you learn about yourself and after you learn about yourself, you learn to stick with it and not be afraid to express these ideas. To be free of fear and create without inhibition. You get to really know your desires and wants which can help you not only with your individual creativity but also with other aspects of life. Anything you do in life that helps you to find your identity is worth it, I feel as though some people spend their whole life not knowing who they are. The more you know and understand who you are the freer you are to be creative with your ideas. Twyla Tharp also talks about how you can incorporate this more into our lives by doing those exercises she put after every chapter. They are there to expand your boundaries and incorporate this “theory” of creative habit into your everyday life. This is something we all should do because it will better ourselves and make for a more interesting creative society.