Creativity

What is creativity? How and when does it come about? Creativity comes about spontaneously from within a person. It is that which makes you do things you never even imagined or thought of. It brings out your inner talent and capacities. Creativity also comes about when you are pushed/ dragged to the wall. In such situations your mind begins to work faster and you begin to do unimaginable things.

Just imagine a person who is really scared of heights. Such a person is always scared to look down from a high building or any other high place. Climbing stairs that are weak and creaky makes that person shiver. All the more trouble if s/ he looks down after having climbed some good number of stairs. People who have different kinds of phobias are usually tensed when they are asked to do the very thing they are scared of.

However as I said in the beginning, creativity also comes out when one is pushed to the wall. In extreme situations we do the very things we were scared of because of circumstances and situations. In those situations the brain seems to process things faster and psychological aspect of having a phobia or being scared takes a back seat.

There was person who was scared of heights; maybe the phobia was connected to his childhood. He would be scared and would get goose bumps on looking down from a high place or the terrace. He couldn’t manage to climb a tree because after a step he took he would look down and feel scared. He would curse himself for having climbed in the first place.

Once when he was locked inside the hostel dormitory he tried to come out by climbing on the grill. However after having climbed he looked down and got goose bumps. He was shivering as he made his way down. The adventure wasn’t successful. On another occasion when he was purposely locked by another inside the dormitory, he thought that this time he would really climb the grills, make it to the terrace and come out.

On his way to the grills he got some quick insights and intuitions to make a good climb (He realized where he was mistaken the previous time). He climbed for he knew God was with him to help get over his phobia. This time, he never looked back but kept climbing and lo! He reached the terrace. He felt like James Bond! However he had to climb/ jump from where he was to another terrace which was a little higher than the one on which he was. 

He used the same method/ principle of keeping his eyes on the target/ goal. He took the risk and he managed to cross over to the other terrace. He made his way down from the terrace immediately because he never imagined himself in his rarest dreams that he could and would do a thing like that.

There are various ways of looking at a situation at hand. Every event is a learning experience and a golden chance to learn. That opportunity comes only once, if you catch it, you’ll be the better for it. The only thing needed is vigilance and a spirit to grab the opportunity that comes. We also need to learn to deal with situations of crisis. Crisis arouses the best of creativity that is in us. Attitude and vision matters a lot while dealing with any crisis.