Poet, Poetry and God

I purged my mind
Now it contains nothing
It is as empty as
A hollow bamboo
I allowed God to flow through myself
I sensed God creeping
Slowly in to my mind
He brought something unknown
He uttered something
Absolutely fresh
He took the possession of myself

I pour poetic words of feelings
Which God wants me to convey
I can see what you haven't seen
I hear what you haven't heard
I become more creative

I am a poet
When I write
It is not me
It is God
Who utters words to me
And I just jot down
What he utters

Panchamee

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"A creative person is one who has insight, who can see things nobody else has ever seen before, who hears things that nobody has heard before. Then there is creativity"

"Creativity means bringing the new in to existence, making a way for the unknown, making a way for the sky to come on earth"

- Osho -

What does creativity really mean? A new creation means a fresh thing which has never come in to an existence. If it is already existing, it can't be a creation but a repetition of some other thing. Today what everyone does is copying what someone has done earlier.

People are afraid to invent new things and think innovatively. Because they are fearful that people might perceive their new creation in a wrong and misunderstanding way. A scholar once said that great artistes and poets are mad. Because their thinking capacity is far beyond the ordinary.

They create things the others have not created. When people see a totally strange thing they tend to look at it in a wrong angle. Then indeed people will say " That person has gone mad". That is why people are afraid to be creative, to discover something different lest they will appear foolish.

Creativity and autonomy

Creativity requires autonomy. If you need to be creative, you can't cling to other people's view points or attitudes. You should have your own freedom to manifest your own creation. You can't create any novel thing under restriction. If you are under restrictions, that will hinder your creativity of revealing unique things which no one has seen or heard earlier.

I read in a book The creative person always go on trying the wrong ways. If you always try the right way to do things, you will never be creative. Because the right way means the way discovered by others.

According to that wise saying, a person to create new things, he should tread in the path where others have not kept their foot print yet. Those paths will be anew to others and they will say "he is going in the wrong path" or "he is mad".

That is because they are ignorant of innovative ways. Those who say that type of things are either lazy to invent things or their habit of sticking to old rancid and already existing manners.

They are reluctant to accept new things out of fear of them. Those who cannot see things from a different view will wait till someone does something new, not only they are waiting but also try to throw cold water on them. They are also unaware of creativity.

They are unable to look at things in a broad angle and have no broader spectrum of knowledge.

People who do not possess the aptitude of creating new things might condemn your creation at the beginning. When they get accustomed to it later or when similar types of conceptions are emerging they would be predisposed to accept your novel creation. At the beginning they might call you a fool.

The freedom to produce new things is a very important aspect in the process of creating new things. To be creative you do not have to adhere to one particular rule or method or wrong or correct way. You have to go on seeking different directions and you have to be multi dimensional.

You will learn something new, experience something different. So, you can come out with a novel creation which is not a repetition of an earlier creation. It will be refreshing and ravishing. It will be a unique creation which no one has been able to produce before. Isn't that the real creativity? Real creativity doesn't comprise repetitive work.

Walking in the unknown

Creativity means novel, new, original, fresh and hitherto unknown. You just have to explore what that unknown is.

You should walk in to the unknown in order to bring the unknown to the known. The true creativity is in the unknown. Nothing but the repetitiveness is present in the already known and existing.

To copy someone else's creation is analogous to exhuming a dead body, removing putrefied parts and filling it with essential parts to make a human being. As it has no liveliness and freshness, the repetitive work is not endowed with fresh indentation.

The real creativity is analogous to giving birth to a new child which has not existed initially.

Imagine if all film directors made similar types of films theatres will be void of any audience. If all musicians compose songs with similar sample, fans will get fed up. If all artists draw similar pictures, doubtlessly art exhibitions would bring no profit.

If there is a variety and exclusiveness among every creation, people will always long for them. Real creativity means giving rise to things which no eye has seen before, no ear has heard before and no hand has touched before.

"Be a little innovative, that's what creativity is. Innovate new ways, new means. Try something new that nobody has ever done. The greatest creativity happens in people whose training is of some other discipline".