When you see what they do not see

Creativity on

One of the issues with getting too creative in your thinking is that few people understand you anymore. If the whole point of creativity is to look at what everyone else looks at and to see something new and different, the problem is that you see what most of them don’t see. Frequently it is something they do not want to see as well.

Of course, this is a plot in countless movies. Someone sees a ghost or an extraterrestrial visitor and then tries to prove to a skeptical world that he isn’t crazy. But then again, creativity is kind of a craziness by definition because you are seeing something others don’t see.

We like to be loved and accepted. We like to be popular. Many of us like to share and to feel understood. So being out of sync with the mainstream world is risky bidness.

Of course, I am not here to say that no one understands me. There are lots of empathizers around, just not that many in my immediate vicinity. I know you are out there; I just don’t know you yet.