Creativity vs. Chaos
I used to think creativity came from chaos. You know, that if I lived my life as “chill” as possible, and stayed away from order or organization, I would be free to be as creative as possible. Now I’m not so sure.
I’ve come to believe that the maximum amount of good creativity comes from a “flexible” organization. That is, as I am organized and as I am flexible, I am then in the best position to produce the greatest amount of creativity. i.e. when my office is disheveled into a massive amount of paper and old advertisements from vendors aI’ll never buy from, I don’t feel very creative, I feel stuck and yuck!
So slowly I’m learning that I get more from being organized in the different areas in my life. This is not easy for someone who loves to exist “free”, and who loves chaos. But you know what comes from chaos?
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I think you’re right:
Freedom, truth, beauty and creativity is really about existing in relationship to rules, entities, and expectations. Ignoring rules, entities, and expectations does not lead to truth, freedom, beauty, or creativity. But niether does mindlessly submitting to these things.
The midevil mind set said “God is order. Therefore following every rule established by every person is the highest good.”
The modern mind set promised that we can become like God if we follow those rules, that understanding is a path to domination and domination is desirable.
Post modernism at it’s worst, destructive, nihlistic post modernism says “It’s so clear that God isn’t only about order. Therefore, God must be a God of chaos. Let’s throw out the baby with the bathwater and abondond form, structure, rules, expectations.”
Post modernism, at its best says “God is the God of both order and chaos. Satan will attempt to use both order and chaos for his own desires, and we can attempt to do the same. Finding and embracing the sweet spot that exists between mindless submission and total abondon to rules, systems, and expectations is the real mission of our lives, because that where God is.
Organization is my weak area too. I am getting better though. Use the “one touch” rule. It works.
What’s the one touch rule?
i think “the one touch rule” is exactly what it sounds like:
touch “it” once, either to use it, put it away, or toss it.
Jeff: i like how you dismissed Modernism as a whole and then
parsed the Post-modern mind into “best” and “worst”.
You’re playing favorites again. Tsk, Tsk, Tsk!
Marty: Good rhetorical blogging! (Yes, i know it isn’t rhetoric
for everyone)
I’m a post modern. I’ve given up the illusion of objectivity. I’m allowed to play favorites. (As some one much to perceptive for his own good noticed, I actually have a bit of conservative/traditionalist hiding deep inside. But let’s not talk about that.)
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