Creativity is of several parts: curiosity, risk taking, unconventional thinking and holographic thinking combined in novel ways. Each of these is like lighting a candle. Each provides its own color, scent and flickering tempo that when seen together, this is the holographic part, makes a whole that is greater than the parts.
These candles of creativity are too often lit and then left to be blown out in the next gust of the winds of time and attention. Our creative work become a temporary phenomena before it has a chance to become fully developed. I've seen so many men and women start with great creative promise only to wink into twilight conventionalism.
It takes courage and patience to tend and protect our candles. It also takes perspective to not become so focused on tending and protecting that we neglect our other candles.
The wind blows forever from distant lands
Through our country to far away prairies
Tending our flames to stop the killing gusts
We reach to keep them embraced in our tender hands
These candles of creativity are too often lit and then left to be blown out in the next gust of the winds of time and attention. Our creative work become a temporary phenomena before it has a chance to become fully developed. I've seen so many men and women start with great creative promise only to wink into twilight conventionalism.
It takes courage and patience to tend and protect our candles. It also takes perspective to not become so focused on tending and protecting that we neglect our other candles.
The wind blows forever from distant lands
Through our country to far away prairies
Tending our flames to stop the killing gusts
We reach to keep them embraced in our tender hands
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