دنیا تیرے قرطاس پہ کیا چھوڑ گئے ہم
اک حسن بیاں حسن ادا چھوڑے گئے ہم

Ref:Qirtas

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 !!

محاوہ ما بین خدا و انسان

خدا
جہاں را زِ یک آب و گل آفریدم
تو ایران و تاتار و زنگ آفریدی
من از خاک پُولادِ ناب آفریدم
تو شمشیر و تیر و تفنگ آفریدی
تبر آفریدی نہالِ چمن را
قفس ساختی طائرِ نغمہ زن را
انسان
تو شب آفریدی چراغ آفریدم
سفال آفریدی ایاغ آفریدم
بیابان و کہسار و راغ آفریدی
خیابان و گلزار و باغ آفریدم
من آنم کہ از سنگ آئینہ سازم
من آنم کہ از زہر نوشینہ سازم

پیام مشرق – اقبال

Persian Lessons : نقل از

I read in an article last year that Dr. Javed Iqbal ( yes, the son of Allama Iqbal… and that’s how we know him) has come up with this theory that whosoever leaves this world without being creative i.e. without creating something, will not get a life hereafter…. hmmmmmmmm Well Dr. Sahib has secured his place, I think, by propounding this theory.

To many people being creative comes up with a desire to leave their mark in this world. Off course you can’t leave/make your mark by doing mundane things .. sleeping, eating and watching TV and even following the routine targets and routine orders from your boss. You need to be creative for that.

how long will this blog last?

Whenever I create something , I raise my stature , higher, closer to Him.

You created night, I, lamp

You created clay, I, pot

and now I have created this BLOG.