How Scrapbooking Can Make Your More Creative.



Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009

by Jason Hreha

Scrapbooking is thought to be a boring, tedious craft - relegated to the world of stay-at-home moms and grandmothers.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The scrapbooking hobby teaches each of its practicioners how to be creative individuals who see the world in completely new, fascinating ways. Let's see how this works...

If you think about it, creativity is nothing more than the connection of two pieces of information that, at first, seemed unrelated. It is by pointing out these deep relationships that our conceptions of the world are changed, and shifted, in wonderful ways. These realizations cause us to reorganize the world and recreate the boundary lines that once existed. The art of scrapbooking itself is a way of organizing the world, and experience, by collecting and arranging found objects in to coherent wholes.

Instead of an old ticket stub being merely a piece of paper, it becomes a symbol of an amazing time... a tool that can be used to create a beautiful piece of art. Instead of being trash, it is undeniable beauty. In this way, the scrapbooking hobby causes one to view the world as full of beauty and possible scrapbooking ideas. It is no longer a mere craft, but a way of looking at the world. It is a way of looking at what used to be mundane, and seeing it as a piece of a larger whole - a larger composition.

If that isn't creativity... what is?

To talk about this more, go to: http://www.scrapbookinghobby.org

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» left by Nenita Wells
 2 years 314 days ago.
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Jason, this is a very interesting article. I agree with you 100% You are right, certain, little, unimportant thing becomes with value when incorporated with your scrapbooking. Thanks for sharing.
 
Best regards to you and yours,
 
Nenita
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