You’ve Forgotten How to be Creative — But You Can Re-Learn

Three lessons on creativity after going from worker drone to independent creative

Carley Centen
Nov 3 · 7 min read
Two hands, palms up, covered in dark blue, black, and green pigments.
Two hands, palms up, covered in dark blue, black, and green pigments.
Fact #1: It’s usually messy. Photo by Amaury Salas on Unsplash

I just wrote a story about frozen peas and their anthropomorphized journey from the frozen tundra of their bag to an inexplicably warming black sea. I have no idea where it came from. I don’t like peas. I don’t remember the last…

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