Data Artist

The creative impetus usually starts with a small spark - a flicker deep in your mind that you may or may not immediately notice, but it will wait until you do. Eventually that spark turns into a conscious idea. The idea is then draped in thought. The thoughts become words. The words become actions. This is, in a nutshell, the creative process. Creativity is infused in absolutely everything we do...or it can be if we allow it to be.

Creativity in any art form is found in how the artist works within the constraints or confines of her chosen medium.

Take painting as an example. A painter works with canvases, brushes, and paints to deliver a final product that started in her mind, traveled to her hands, through her brush, and onto the canvas.

Creativity when working with nonprofit data is similar.

A nonprofit data artist works with records, tabs, and fields to deliver a final product that started in her mind, traveled to her hands, through her keyboard, and onto the screen or out of the printer.

Approaching our work, regardless of what kind of work we do, with a creative spirit is always a beneficial approach. And it starts with a small, sometimes initially imperceptible, spark.