I was thinking about this one person. The one person that started all the creativity in this world. I really wonder about this person. There’s so many things that we can relate to this person, in terms of their creativity.
Creativity really hasn’t changed that much at all. From the first creation, to today where someone is creating constantly, every day, hour, minute, and second. There’s so much constant creation in the world.
It gets to the point where the way we started something in the past, is exactly the same as here, in the present. If you really think about it, you can only start something one possible way; with an idea, made by you.
Person
We will almost definitely never know who this person was, and what they created, what they were thinking, and how they thought it was actually a good idea to start this crazy thing, we all know and call art. All we can go off are ideas that come out of our heads, and come out in our tools we use to preserve these many amounts of creative ideas and thoughts.
This amazing person who was the first creator would have made something very simple. Something very simple. Down to the simplicity of 0 or 1. Almost like light and dark, or day and night. An extremely simple and brilliant piece of what we call art.
Like a tune, a few words, a sculpture, or a movement. Simple things you can transport in your hands or mind, share easily, and pass on with ease.
Simplicity
No complicated things are easily shareable. Think of a time you tried to share a detailed lengthily article about, “The Comparison of Two Electoral Party’s Policy’s.” That seems extremely complicated and to be honest, quite boring.
Though it may be interesting and very helpful to the people of our day, people seem to enjoy things more enjoyable and fun. Like, a picture of a white cat, in a white basket, on top of a pine wooden dressing table, surrounded with red roses, with a red bow to the side. These things tend to be ten times easier to share. It would definitely be more enjoyable ,fun and cute. But in short it just takes up less attention and time.
To complicate these simple things (a tune, a few words, a sculpture, or a movement), they would have been something very similar to a song, a poem(or piece of writing), an artwork, or a dance. They’re all small portable things you can sing, say, produce, and perform. All these simple things are also easily memorable, and catchy.
Love and Care for Art
One key element of this persons creativity and their creations, is loving and caring for this piece of art.
You can’t point out a rock and say, “Art!” Now it’s great that you said that it was art, but this doesn’t actually mean it is “art”. Theres no point to this rock you have called art if you have no intention of loving, or caring for the rock. Theres no point to any art if you don’t love and care about it in any way at all.
What if you put a bunch of rocks in a circle, then say “Art!” This still doesn’t mean anything unless you, and only you, love and truly care for this creation you have just produced. Art doesn’t have to have meaning either. You can look at those rocks in the shape of a circle and say “Art! Because they’re in a circle!” But this doesn’t matter either. Unless you love and care for it, your circle of rocks is just a conveniently placed bunch of rocks. That is all your circle is, and ever was. Unless you love it, and care for it.
Eventually you will have to leave your circle of rocks. Then your art may be no more. You may stop caring for it, stop seeing it, stop thinking about your extraordinary bunch of rocks.
Will you stop loving it?
It’s almost impossible for you to stop loving your creation. If you truly love your creation, from the bottom of your heart, there’s no stopping you. It is there, safe inside your heart to stay.
One day you may choose to stop loving it. Maybe you decided you don’t like it anymore, or maybe you created a better, more exciting and amazing piece of art. But still, you, and only you, can choose to stop loving and caring for your art.
Only then is art, not art.
The point of creating something isn’t for revenue, attention, or even a simple like.
It’s for personal entertainment.
Some people will like your creativity. They will show other people, and these other people may like it too. Who knows, maybe your art and creativity will be very well known, and that’s also great.
These days everyone is a creative. There’s just so much creation in the world, it’s so easy not to create anything at all. To just stop and stare at everyone else creating in the world.
To just, consume.
The ability to consume and enjoy things is a massive curse on everyone. It stops a lot of creation in the world. Even if the whole aim is to create.
Too much consumption, ends creation.
People shouldn’t create for an audience or a company. Creation started from one person, and should stay with one person.
You need to create for you.