tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156356070860079785.post7727749403987926871..comments2023-06-27T20:03:14.397-04:00Comments on ODIN'S AVIARY: Live Free or Die Hard or Make Something People Will LoveJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02728223817801458234noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156356070860079785.post-81765758990925054392007-07-12T11:13:00.000-04:002007-07-12T11:13:00.000-04:00My first comment on all of this has to be with the...My first comment on all of this has to be with the photo posted. Granted, I've never seen a Die Hard movie, but still people, HOW IS A CAR COLLIDING WITH A HELICOPTER???<BR/>Ok, now that I've addressed that, I can proceed.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if being in school makes one smarter, but it does certainly make you think in a different, I dare say higher level, than you are used to thinking on a daily basis. It's easy for one's smarts to lay dormant due to the abuse of the mind-numbing day job. In relation to this, I always wonder what humans would be like if we used the other 90% of our brains (I know, you're thinking of the scene from "Wedding Crashers"..."I think we only use 10% of our hearts.") Would we all turn into a mix of Powder pi-eaters?<BR/><BR/>I agree that creativity and genius are two separate entities, that can and often do coincide. You can certainly be creative without being genius (unless you are Will Ferrell). And the vice versa, though some might disagree, you can be genius without being creative (but this also depends on each individual's definition of creativity). Which is sort of the question at hand and I have added nothing to your conversation. Look! A flying donkey! (pitter patter of paws running away)....<BR/><BR/>I like your pragmatic view about everyone being creative and I'm struggling with how far I myself believe it. I want to believe it, but at the same time, I've seen a ton of evidence to the contrary working where I do. Some people just GET it, other's God love them and thanks for your credit card number. But maybe that's exactly what you are saying by some people have refined the skill of abstract thought while others have chosen whether they know it or not to ignore it.... Completely. <BR/><BR/>I personally always feel it's more fun to follow the illogical. You just get better results. Plus, you have great drinking stories.<BR/><BR/>We are all made from the same juice, the same bits and pieces. "Everything that is, around and within us." We tell it how we see it, but certainly, it's not the first time telling or seeing, or even existing to be seen. <BR/><BR/>When I feel creative, it is usually from a source of love, be it feeling love, wanting love, or just love of life itself, and wanting to express my gratitude for being here for such a short breath of time.<BR/><BR/>"Creativity springs from a confrontation of nothingness" I love this, mostly because it's probably one of the truest statements, and because it came from you. :)<BR/><BR/>So, where's this leave me?<BR/>DIE HARD V: RIDONKULOUS OR DEATHMoheggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930707759403991308noreply@blogger.com