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A constant need for creativity?

  • Writer: Manan Ambani
    Manan Ambani
  • Sep 22, 2020
  • 3 min read

I wrote a little poem for you:

Human beings are profoundly and utterly boring,


To say that people need constant creativity is to suggest that their lives are empty without it. To be creative means to make something new, or at least to create and discover in an original way. So when we look at the necessity of creativity for humans, we must ask why they feel a need for this sort of thing. If the answer is not obvious human nature, then there must be some reason which would seem compelling enough. When we are talking about creativity, it is important to note that the concept of 'creativity' itself is not a straightforward one. Creativity can be said to have many different functions and purposes in human society. For example, creativity is often used as a means of expression. Poets create new and beautiful poems in order to express their inner feelings of love or sadness. A songwriter creates music to express his own personal experiences and emotions that he cannot convey verbally. On the other hand, creativity can also be used as a means of expression. In this sense, it is more like an art form or a medium that one uses when communicating with others. For example, if you ask someone what they do for work, and they reply by saying 'I'm a painter', then we would assume that they use painting to express their vision of the world. Another way of looking at creativity is as a means of entertainment. This can be seen in our modern society, where many people spend hours and hours watching movies or playing video games that they have no interest in whatsoever. It is also possible to view creativity as a means of self-expression, in the sense that it allows one to express himself. This kind of creativity might be present when a person makes something for his own enjoyment or amusement.


These creations aren't just about the end product - it is also a creative process to get there. So, you can have creativity in two ways: 1) The result of your creation - that which people see and appreciate.

2) The creative process to get there, which is more often overlooked.

Creativity is important. The creative process allows people to be around things they enjoy, or love.

It allows people to be around things in a whole new light, that they would not have been able to see otherwise.


Humans are a rather special case of the animal kingdom, and they often act in ways which do not seem to be self-preserving or self-propagating. They often give up resources for others without apparent benefit. This is all rather contrary to human nature's inclination towards survival, so it must have come about by some sort of evolutionary fluke. The reason that this occurred is because of the nature of human intelligence. Human intelligence, in contrast to other animals, can deal with abstract concepts and ideas. It allows humans to be creative, which leads them into being philosophical. Humans can create new ideas. Usually these are created to solve some problem or other, and so the human will be able to apply them in a practical manner. However, this is not always the case. Humans are just as capable of creating new ideas which have no practical application. This is creativity of the purest form, and it can be applied to many different fields. The reason why humans are so creative is because they were given the advantage of conscious thought. This allowed their brains to be able to deal with abstract problems rather than just practical ones. Their intelligence made them capable of inventing new ideas which helped their survival.



Your need for constant creativity arises and lingers because it's a psychological compensation for the fact that people are basically rather stupid and boring. Whereas in other animals social hierarchies tend to be based on physical strength or fighting ability or at least some useful skill like speed or climbing trees, human society is more about who can talk best and come up with good stories on the spur of the moment. So we have this ridiculous situation where all our most important value systems are based on empty rhetoric instead of obvious things like brute force.

And because people are deeply unimaginative, they need a lot of brute force and haranguing to get them to do anything at all. And even then it's mostly pointless or destructive stuff like building the great wall of china or killing jews.

So it's a big mess, and people are very unhappy. But because they have to be able to talk with each other without being bored out of their mind, human beings need constant creativity.




 
 
 

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