Without creative expression, we get very dry and barren like the desert.

If you don't consider yourself a creative person, I challenge you to reconsider.

What do you love to do? What activity brings you joy? If you hear yourself saying "nothing," I challenge you to investigate what fills your well.

Your creative self needs an outlet. Here's some Needs for the Creative Person I received from my creative coach, Cynthia Morris, who is in Europe.

1. Need for creative space. You may not need as big a space as you think you do. "A room of your own" can be the corner of a room or simply a table.

2. Need for creative peers. It's important to have friends who respect and nourish your creative self. It's a risk to be creative and even more of a risk to share what you create with others. Find friends who create regularly.

3. Need for creative fuel. Julia Cameron's book, The Artist Way, suggest Artist's Dates-take yourself somewhere at least once a week to be creatively inspired. It might be an art show, a live performance, a museum, or a movie- any activity that feeds your creative self. But you must do it ALONE.

4. Need for our body to be self- expressed. We need to remember to take care of our physical bodies by walking, dancing, practicing yoga, playing sports or whatever gets us involved with our body. Our bodies are the houses in which our soul live. Treat that house well.

5. Keeping the Faith. Without faith in ourselves and our creative pursuits, we will perish. We are given the desire to create in order to make manifest our connection to the divine. Honor that connection by doing your creative expression.

6. Living with uncertainty. Traveling the creative path can make you feel "lost" most of the time. That's why certainty in other areas of life: home, relationships, income, can help you have a sense of "being held" while you soar. Have some sense of being grounded so you can take risks with your creativity.