Never Grow Up

I was talking to my mom the other day, and she told me that she met one of my former classmates mom. She told my mom what he was studying and it was something very scientific. She said, "he must be really smart." He's going to be a successful adult.  In my opinion, a boring one.

Then it dawned on me that often times, the writer, the artist, the actor, the advertiser,  the movie maker, and the musician  are not usually thrown into the  "smart" category. They're thrown into the "la la land" category.  Like maybe we should grow up and get real jobs because we aren't going to make a hefty sum of money.

Call me naive, but money doesn't make me horny. I'll stick to what I think is fun, thank you very much.

 Creative people are extremely intelligent. They have the ability to daydream and to solve problems uniquely, much like a young child does. For example, I can write this blog every week because writing is a fun challenge for me, while my mom dreads writing a few emails.

Creative people never grow up. They let their imagination run wild like a rat that's been let out of its' cage.

Non-creatives can't do that.  They're stuck in what "they" tell you and order. They conform to what is true without any consideration for it being false.

How do you know what "they"'re telling you is not a load of bullshit?

If I were a teacher, I would just tell my students lies about things and test them on it. I'd like to see how many of them would believe me. But kids are taught this at a young age. The teachers word is gospel.

Believe what "they" tell you. Yea, that's a way to live.

Creatives get fully indulged in their work. What separates creative types from the their counterparts is that-- we question everything and love to get our hands dirty. Just like children always asking, "why?" and "how do you know?"

Remember when you were little, and you drew a picture and asked, "Mommy, do you want to see my picture?" and then she hung it on the fridge?

I do.

 "Creative people want to show the world what they've done" to quote one of my instructors, Ed Ackerman.

I guess creatives never grew out of that phase.