Want a surefire way a way to become more creative? Let your rascal out.

Your Rascal in the Corner

Dennis the Menace was always being put in the corner for doing something bad. Yet the bad thing he did caused us to laugh because there was something so real and true about that person in the corner.

Many of us have put the rascal part of ourselves in the corner, banished.

The one in the corner is unpremeditated, impetuous, mischievous, impish, prankish, high-spirited, capricious, idle, playful, spontaneous, fun-loving, irrepressible, incorrigible. I could go on and on.

And this one laughs a lot and makes others laugh. So why is it kept in the corner so often?

The Ubiquitous Appropriate Person -- Yawn!

Because our society has a different list of adjectives to apply to the Appropriate Person: responsible, reliable, liable, dependable, capable, efficient, moderate . . . you get the picture of this Appropriate Person. These adjectives certainly do not describe the wrong way to be, unless they are the ONLY adjectives that describe a person. Boring.

If we let him or her out, the one in the corner may do something inappropriate. He or she may speak a nugget of truth around which everyone else tiptoes. Or dress in colorful clothes unworried about matching one garment to another. Or sing at any time