Creativity

 Sydney and I trying our hand at a little cooking creativity.  Baking Grandpa Hugh's famous sugar cookies.

This is how the majority of the creative process felt for Jackson.  He really dislikes crayons, glue, scissors, work, etc.

This is how he felt when the project was complete.  If he can just learn how to enjoy the process of creating, rather than just the end result.

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One of my favorite quotes from Dieter Uchdorf:

The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.
Everyone can create. You don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty.
You might say, “I’m not the creative type.  If that is how you feel, think again, and remember that you are spirit daughters of the most creative Being in the universe. Isn’t it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by an endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God? Think about it—your spirit body is a masterpiece, created with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination.
Creation is your opportunity in this life, and in the life to come.  Start small.  Creativity does not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano.  Don’t let the voice of critics paralyze you.  You will make the world a better place.  Improve, beautify, extend, smile, cultivate, develop, create.
The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create.