Instant means quick and immediate. Inspiration means something that forces the person to take action. Getting inspired is super important for reaching your goals! Individuals can be inspired by books, role models, songs, movies, the life stories of successful people who have faced struggles, and many more.
We’ve all heard about the best out-of-waste competition and some of us might have even participated. Some creative and ‘jugadu’ people have made some creative things as they love to create something new from waste or old things.
There is no wonder that these types of people don’t even consider those things as waste materials because their creativity always sees those things from different perspectives. The list of waste materials includes numerous items like old newspapers, blank pens, soft drink cans, pistachio shells, ice cream sticks, and the outermost layer of fruits and vegetables and you can think of anything you consider a waste.
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What gets my creative juices flowing?
Who would find joy in seeing orange peels and pistachio shells? Perhaps someone might want to use orange peels for lighthearted pranks, like playfully squeezing them in their dear one’s eyes, or else the person may wish to squeeze them in his/her enemy’s eyes. Pistachio shells are often seen as waste by most people. Check out what I’ve done with these things!
As soon as I saw orange in my house, a new idea sparkled in my mind to make sparkling orange peel. It was inspired by a reel in which a lady does the same thing with lemon as a mosquito repellent and another reel showing how to get orange in small pieces without using a knife.
Firstly, I want to try that which is successfully done and suddenly I recall that mosquito repellent from the lemon reel. I apply it with orange peel. I didn’t want to make mosquito repellent but I just made it because I was curious to see how orange peel would look and the result was truly amazing. The lamp didn’t last long but the happiness it gave me will last forever and inspires me to continue exploring my creativity.
I have also created a lamp using pistachio shells. Again, It was not planned. I just want to save the pistachio shells to create something unique with them. As the Festival of Lights was nearing I thought to make a diya. Finally, I took a paintbrush, silver color, and fevicol and started my work. It didn’t look its best until the wick was lit, which then enhanced our rangoli’s beauty.
Getting the Phone Cover of my choice and got inspiration to create more
How does this phone case look? Some people will like it, while others will not, as everyone has a different opinion. And now, if I say it is handmade, your opinion may change. As I didn’t get any unique phone case for my phone, I decided to make it unique with my creativity. One day I saw a video on Pinterest of a funny cartoon drawing on a mobile charger and I thought to draw something in my old and transparent but yellowish phone case.
Firstly, I searched how to make an attractive phone cover at home but not satisfied with any of the results leads me to take a selfie using a Snapchat filter to draw it on a phone case. After gathering all the materials like gesso, acrylic colors, pencil, eraser, and paintbrushes I made a good-looking cover. But my desire to add more flair ended in disappointment. It was not looking good so I washed it.
I learned that painting directly on the cover is hard. So the next day I took white paper and scissors and cut the paper according to the phone size. Then, I started mixing different colors to create new color. You can use colored paper also. Then I started drawing doodles of different expressions. The process of doing all these requires patience. I find calm and joy in doing such creative things. Have a look at the painted paper.
Some ideas and advice
It seems boring to read this but the motive behind this is just to inspire you all to do such creativity. Creativity is all about imagination. Whatever you observe and imagine, try to add some creativity to it and make those imaginations alive.
By the way, many creative ideas come to my mind, and some of them turn into reality while some of them are still lying there in any corner of my mind. There are many reasons like a busy schedule, unavailability of some resources, not having god-gifted skills, or not learning those skills sometimes stop me from applying those imaginations on paper or things like coloring old white shoes, using pistachio shells, cutting and drawing on more papers to give different look to my phone and making scrapbooks which include the full collection of memories and emotions with family and friends and many more.
If your pen is broken and the ink is leaking, then instead of throwing it into a dustbin try this. Take thick paper, water, and a broken pen. Now, put drops of water and ink on the paper and gradually shake the paper, observing the mixture of ink, water, and their strokes. Enjoy the process and your abstract art is ready. Have you ever noticed crushed ice in your freezer’s wall? Whenever you find this type of ice, try to enjoy it like children. You can make a snowman, and play with your siblings or other family members by throwing it on one another.
Some will say what childish ideas these are. But in this hectic and stressful life, we should learn to enjoy some moments like a child forgetting what others will say. And never scold any child for writing or drawing on the wall with pencils or colors and playing with colors. Let their creativity and imagination be nourished.
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