Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Everyone has a gift. Some are talented in manual labor and craftmanship, some in the intellectual area. The dichotomy continues, you have different parts of craftmanship such as pottery or masonry. There are different sectors of the intellectual side as well, if we would divide them in two big ones, I put out there, humanities and science. All these talents that humans have discovered and cultivated in our evolution have a common central point — creativity.
We humans are creative, we imagine things, we dream, we believe in the unknown and unseen, and I am not making references to religion here. The belief in the unknown is our leitmotif, therefore we have pushed forward and broken one frontier after another, both physical and intellectual. The result of all the commodities that we enjoy today is our belief in the unknown. So, what drives this belief? This a question that many philosophers have tried to answer, and I can picture this conversation taking place at the philosophical school of Athens, the one portrayed by the great Italian renaissance artists, Rafael. Even though I have not lived in that time, nor has Rafael who lived in the 16th Century, both him and I are imagining something. In his case his imagination led to a masterpiece in the world of art, in my case it is just a manifestation of historical references, sculptures and paintings that I have viewed. Raphael could have picture this and I can do it because of our inherently creative nature. My personal belief is that creativity is the force that pushes us on this never-ending journey of exploration, knowledge, and self-awareness.
Creativity is essential to whatever talent/s we may possess; it represents the necessary fuel to power them up leading to manifestation and creation. When I was in the 10th grade, in high — school, my Romanian professor, a person who I didn’t cherish much at that time, but I very much do so, now, gave us an assignment to pick a theme, any theme and write something creative about it. He was promoting the sort of outside of the box thinking, one that is very trendy today. My essay was called “Was Jesus Christ a Humanist”. Long story, short, I tried to think about Jesus from a different perspective then the one I was educated in, as a Christian Orthodox. At the time I just finished reading my first book on the Italian Renaissance, found while scrolling for books in my father’s library. The book gave me a basic picture for my intellectual capacity at the age of 16 of the emphasis placed on the rebirth of humans as a central figure in the arts during the Renaissance. Historically, from the beginning of the Middle Age arts were concentrated on the divine before the Rinascimento, that started in Italy. In my essay I have investigated through the lenses of my limited knowledge, curiosity, and creativity, not what made Jesus the son of God, but what made him the son of man, what made him human.
Half of my life away, I still remember that essay, because it opened the doors of creative writing for me. Something that I constantly pursued, even though mostly unconscious. Here comes the interesting part for me, I have two sides, one is the analytical, this one developed through hard work, readings, studies, pen on paper, breaking down social, legal, and political constructs. The other side is creative, this one manifested naturally it follows me in everything that I do. For a long period of time, I thought that I should keep the creative side covered, there are several reasons for this which I will not elaborate here however I was under the impression that two sides don’t make a good pair. Churchill said that only a fool doesn’t change his mind, indicating the lack of reflection. My analytical side guided me on this road of knowledge and especially asking what the future is holding for us. What are the medium- and long-term consequences of the big changes that are developing under our eyes today?
With the development of Artificial Intelligence and more automation in our way of living from the personal side to the society one, more tasks that do not involve the process of creativity will be executed by machines. I have realized that the future may look in many ways but there is at least one certainty to it, creativeness will be more needed than any other moment in our history. In my case it is time to form a new team between my analytical side and the creative writing one, this thought alone brings peace to my mind and excitement to my intellect.
What is your creative quality and how are you planning to lighten up? so that you bring your contribution into the shining parts of our future.
