Qirtas – قرطاس

Now where do creative people – creators – stand in a society? Out of many factors it depends upon their area of creativity(activity) and more importantly on the set of values their society has and the environment where they create.

Literature, advertising, performing arts etc are the most common of the disciplines come to one’s mind, thriving with creativity.. coming to us in the form of books, billboards, ads, music and movies. But how the people from other walks of life, the areas which are not for masses- which don’t require consumer’s attention, can be creative. OK I put an easy question : how can a politician be creative? You know he is.

Let’s take the case of a mother; as soon as a woman becomes a mother, her creative mind starts to grow. She finds ways to cater the day to day problems regarding her child and home, to bring more comfort to her baby. To me a mother is a symbol of creativity (besides love and sacrifice). She finds solutions (or workarounds) to all small and big problems. That’s why we sometimes want to think like a mother – to have that gift.

But – and a big BUT, is it only for solving the problems you can be creative?
Finding possibilities is also a way to be creative – and a more difficult one. It’s a misconception about creativity that it is always used to solve problems. Infact creativity shines and proves itself when presented in a satiated environment – where satisfaction prevails.

To progress we need to move from certainty to possibility. Infact there is no certainty so we need to learn to move from possibility to possibility as we can’t move from certainty to certainty.
… Getting a bit complicated !!