The Loss of Creativity

I wonder if the structured and routine life we are all forced to live leads us to a place without creativity and art. I mean, it’s common thought, right? I find when I have unrestricted time, with no routine or forceful structure, I gravitate towards exploration, of any sort. Whether it be creating, learning, or simply sitting still and appreciating: appreciating it all, the slow flow of dust across a ray of light.

And it would not only benefit creativity and the joy of life; it would most definitely be useful in areas of problem solving and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are those who break limits and build what no one else has, or capitalize on gaps or overlooked sectors. Problem solvers find solutions in any way, sometimes introducing brand new logic never thought before. Creativity shines in those fields and similar. Force a person into a structured, routine, and repetitive life, and all they will know is what they know. All they would adventure is only what they’ve done before. Because that’s how life has made them.

But it is easier to be and live like that. It is the life we are all silently and forcefully guided towards. Otherwise, we would be in despair and apart from the rest on our own.

But it is also because they do not need us all to be creative creators. Only a handful are needed, and they can find themselves there, or luckily be placed there. Which begs the question: if all the creators are those through some nepo connection, then wouldn’t the creations all revolve around a central theme, rather than influenced from all over as true creativity begets? Maybe even then it’s still revolved around a central theme, but that theme would be grander, which is always better when it comes to the whole. And if truly done so, then the arts can be controlled, which I suppose in a way they are.

We are meant for the life of a worker bee. Nothing more and nothing less. Will you break free from the routine? Or buzz away.