The phrase "a creative means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an innovative method or approach to achieve a particular goal or outcome.
Example: "The artist used a creative means to express her emotions through her paintings."
Alternatives: "an inventive method" or "a novel approach".
Campaign finance reform can be a creative means for replacing tactical campaign posturing with the rule of law.
Meanwhile, the Poetry by Heart competition begun in 2012 by former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion this year encouraged pupils from 333 schools to rekindle the ancient art – not as an empty ritual, but as a creative means, argues Motion, of "finding pleasure and confidence in a part of the curriculum where such things can be in short supply".
The Turtle vs Tata game is a creative means of drawing attention to the plight of the threatened Olive Ridley Turtles; it is a way to inform and engage the public on this important issues.
I feel like I've been totally exhausted or emptied, and drained myself into all this again, but as long as there is more to say and a creative means or something to explore that I can do with The Devil Wears Prada.
It is a flexible and creative means of storing, managing, and querying of complex biological datasets.
From its inception, Cornell formed a reputation for creative means of research into the natural sciences, including the establishment of the pioneering College of Agriculture.
Photographs, which are often used in ethnography, provided youth with a unique and creative means to reflect on cancer and cancer prevention.
Survivors of a zombie apocalypse use creative means to dispatch the undead as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles.
A photograph? Use whatever creative means you can think of to bring interest to your article, but be sure that it is accurate.
A nation's complex geography can foster creative means to an end.
The intention was to turn the stadium into a "visible stronghold of all things Arsenal through a variety of artistic and creative means", led by club CEO Ivan Gazidis.
