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Creativity. When you ____ this word, what instantly pops into your mind?

You may think it is a quality ____ only artists and writers possess— some special talent you are either born with or without.

Many people accept the idea that we can be divided into two groups: those who are creative and those who ____ not.

This common belief, ____ is far from the truth.

Everyone has the ability to ____ creative.

Finding creativity inside yourself just takes ____ little effort.

Some artists, for example, spark their creativity ____ looking closely at ordinary objects.

They try to discover the beauty hidden within these common objects and then turn them into works ____ art.

Look at ____ two paintings.

Believe it or not, they both depict the same person, Holy Roman Emperor ____ II.

The one on the left might ____ familiar, as it is a standard style of portrait that you would see in a gallery or an art book.

However, the one on ____ right, called Vertumnus, is very unconventional.

Created by a 16th-century Italian painter named Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the painting shows striking ____ and originality.

Fruits, flowers, and vegetables are arranged like the pieces of a puzzle to create a ____ head.

____ cherry and a mulberry become the dark eyes, while an apple and a peach act as the pink cheeks.

____ painting is representative of the artist’s signature style of “composite portraits.”

He used plants, animals, and other objects to create ____ other portraits like this.

Another good example of Arcimboldo’s ____ creativity can be found in The Gardener, one of his “reversible” paintings.

When viewed normally, it is just an ordinary still life ____ vegetables in a bowl.

However, when flipped upside down, it ____ magically transformed into a smiling face!

Experts have studied this painting, along ____ Arcimboldo’s other reversible ones.

Their research showed that he first painted them as still life paintings ____ then turned them upside down and made some adjustments to create faces.

X-ray examination revealed that he sometimes changed ____ positions of some of the fruits and vegetables.

Why did he make ____ paintings reversible?

It was probably because he wanted to add an interactive element ____ his work by doing so.

Viewers feel as if they are playing ____ visual game, which brings them a sense of pleasure.

Each of Arcimboldo’s works is a careful study of ____ objects.

When he looked at typical objects, such as a bowl of vegetables, ____ saw the artistic and imaginative potential in them.

His innovative approach to art inspired many great artists who came after ____ including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and René Magritte.

Take a ____ at this picture.

Do ____ see a horse standing in a field?

Or is ____ simply a collection of clothes hanging on a clothesline?

____ witty and amusing creation is actually a work of art created by the visual artist Helga Stentzel.

Using everyday items, she creates playful visual illusions ____ force you to look twice in order to confirm what you have just seen.

Her unique style has been called “household ____

____ is perhaps best known for her Clothesline Animals series.

She got inspiration for the series while she was ____ her laundry.

By simply adding some colorful clothespins and a dish towel, she was able to transform her black sweatshirt ____ dark grey pants into a horse.

Other creations followed, including a ____ cow standing on some hills and a zebra crossing the desert.

All ____ these works were created from nothing more than laundry and household items.

Another series that highlights Stentzel’s astonishing creativity is Edible ____

For this series, she arranges food items you can find in any kitchen to create cute ____

The stars of the series are Brad Pet and Crunchie, a pair of puppies made of sliced bread and lettuce ____

Stentzel says she came up ____ the concept of Crunchie while putting together a salad for her family.

What ____ you think her secret is?

Stentzel says that it is her active observation skills that allow her to make magic out of the ____

As a child, she would spend time staring at the patterns in the wood ____ her bed, trying to find different animal shapes.

____ admits that even today she stares at things longer than is acceptable in society.

____ keen observation is what enables her to continuously produce creative and imaginative works of art.

Creativity is not some kind of exceptional skill that belongs to exclusive groups ____ people.

It is actually a part of our ____ lives, a power that we can display anytime we choose to.

Whether we realize it or not, we are ____ using our creativity to adapt, adjust, and rearrange the things around us.

By doing so, we are turning the ordinary into something ____ that has never been seen before.

Take a look at the things around you, but don’t just give ____ a quick glance.

Look carefully, and ____ might discover something that sparks your own imagination and creativity.