"IMAGINE"

                                                   

                                  The World Without Creative Minds

Imagine by John Lennon is one of my favorite songs, it speaks about the possibilities of what if.  “Imagine all the people, learning to live as one.” That is a powerful verse in lieu of all the world issues and how it looms above us in various ways.  Imagine if John Lennon had never allowed his creative mind to think about the changes he’d like to see, enough to write about them. This song wouldn’t be a prolific classic. I for one, am very glad he did write the song which is a perfect segue to today’s topic.

The World Without Creative Minds.  I often wonder about creation as a whole. You know how God created the world and everything in it. I wonder if He thought about how the gift he bestowed upon us would be so far reaching.  Procreation, his plan for world population, among other things.  But one that makes my top ten lists, is the ability to think as human beings.

God gave us many creative values that developed into the capacity to use mind power. Some abuse the gift by wielding it negatively, whereas, others choose a more positive approach.  Such as writing, acting, playing musical instruments, an inexhaustible list of things.

I want to focus on writing, which is directly related to having a creative mind. To invent stories from thin air is a remarkable ability. Not everyone is capable of constructing such an impossible fete. But to those of us crafty enough to pull it off, kudos to you. To entertain an audience of readers enough that they become problem solvers, directly involved with the plot.  Is directly related to the imagination.

Now if I may, play the devil’s advocate for a moment, and say what if the world was absent of all creativity? What would we do as a society to educate, entertain, produce things that promote thought? My best guess? Would cease to exist as logical rational human beings. Essentially, lost, adrift on an endless sea of useless body parts.

 Think about it for a moment.  Think about all the writers who inspired us to use our imagination. Simply by reading a well written story.  They took us to imaginary places, worlds we’ve never seen before with the naked eye.

 In our finite minds, we were swept away by swashbuckling adventures, whisked off to time and places that defy logic.  To an era of past and faraway civilizations. Down wormholes, transported through time. Places we could not have ever experienced without the talent of storytellers.

What if William Shakespeare, never existed? Agatha Christie, one of the great mystery detective writers ever never wrote one story? Or Edgar Allan Poe, who we know penned many great tales of horror. But I think The Raven, his most popular and my favorite one, sums up why the world needs creative minds. Emily Bronte, Louisa Mae Alcott, and many more great writers of the past created works of art on paper. And are among a long list of prolific authors who made extraordinary contributions to the literary world.

Thank God, they existed and used their creative prowess to leave behind such classic tales. Otherwise, we would be lost. Automatons, who do not require thought provoking books to motivate and inspire further creations.

I shudder to think how the absence of creativity would affect me and future generations if there was nothing left behind to aspire to.

I believe John Lennon had the right idea about Imagination.  He captured the pure essence of what capable individuals can achieve, if they just use their gifts and talents.

Keep Dreaming, Stay Motivated.