The Gifts of Imperfection - Guidepost 6: Cultivating Creativity Summary & Analysis

Brené Brown
This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Gifts of Imperfection.

The Gifts of Imperfection - Guidepost 6: Cultivating Creativity Summary & Analysis

Brené Brown
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Summary

Some of Brown’s best childhood memories involve creativity: doing homemade crafts or experimenting in the kitchen. However, household creativity seemed to end in Brown’s childhood after her family moved from New Orleans to Houston and her parents “were launched on the accomplishments-and-acquisitions track” (94). In her words, “creativity gave way to […] comparison” which is all about “conformity and competition” (94). Brown’s recent research has shown her that creativity is a big part of Wholehearted living.

There is no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There is creativity in everyone that yearns to be used. Our only unique contributions to the world are born of creativity, and “if we want to make meaning, we need to make art” (96). Brown has now begun practicing creativity in her own life and encourages readers to do the same, in whatever way they would...

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