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The Birthing of Creativity and the Reliance on Cyber Inspirational Induction

By Paul Finley

I am most definitely lacking in many areas of my life. I would be the first to admit that, but I can honestly say that I try my best to think outside the box and to be creative in my approach to art and living. This very thing has led me to enjoy evaluating other people's approach to living, their creative passions and artistic endeavors they deem worthy of sharing on the endless surplus of information compiled on the frivolous yet utilitarian monster we call the internet.

I was sitting in the water the other day. While waiting for a wave to come my way, I began to ponder the amount of time on the web that I believe I have spend or possibly wasted evaluating other people's work and art in hopes to inspire some more creativity in my own. The reason behind changing the classification of time on the web from spent to wasted is based on the reality of birthing creativity.

While searching for others to inspire me, I may have been collecting influences or subconscious preferences, but to what end? All my most creative endeavors seem to be unpinned from any particular moment of inspiration but birthed more out of a calm and quiet reflection. As mentioned earlier, this typically happens while I am removed from influence and in an isolated or solitary state . . . mainly in the sea. This article is no exception.

All this being said, there seems to be a quenching effect of my own creativity when drowning in the other sea that is at the touch of a button or click of a mouse. In no way am I downplaying the wonderfully powerful capability of being able to explore the vast expanses of creative movements and unique talents displayed online. Although I must ask myself, does this vastness almost regurgitated upon me a trillion megapixels per millisecond on my monitor cause a form of desensitization or almost a jaded outlook to genuine creativity or craftsmanship? Instead of rising to the surface with brilliant inspiration, I am cast to the depths of the bog in muddled confusion.

Could the very thing that I want to use to aid in inducing greatness be causing the water to never break and the birth to never take place? I don't know . . . maybe I should Google that question.

Juen

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