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Post by Neo Stella on Jul 6, 2004 20:54:36 GMT
For the creative mind on this board, please give me your interpretation of what I saw today whilst driving down the motorway (freeway). Saw, not imagined and not on drugs! I looked up into the sky and a cloud formation had a striking resemblance of a large butterfly. As I drove along it reformed into a blackbird chasing a swan. Finally as it dispersed it looked like a locust spiralling down to earth. It was quite an experience I can tell you!
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Post by Adey on Jul 6, 2004 22:14:07 GMT
What was the experience, was it the morphing cloud patterns or was it when you crashed the car? If that sounds like a cheap shot, I don't mean it to be. But I wouldn't attempt to interpret something as spontaneous and entirely random as atmospheric phenomena. Don't forget, others too may have been watching the big sky and seen the same clouds, possibly from a different angle. Their 'experience' will have been completely different from your own but it will have been based on the same observable source. This comment may be seen as strictly rational - does that mean therefore that I am not a creative person? Certainly your phrasing of the question would seem to suggest so. I believe that it is entirely possible to be both rational and creative. Clouds are the graffiti of the sky and their scale can be breathtaking. They can at times make even the dullest of us fanciful. I will certainly say (without sarcasm) that I am pleased that you realised such joy from the mundane and depressingly ordinary behaviour of water vapour and air currents. If you can derive such inspiration from something like this, then more power to you Neo. The world as seen through your eyes must indeed be very beautiful..
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Post by Al Truest on Jul 6, 2004 23:31:10 GMT
I believe that it is entirely possible to be both rational and creative. Thank you. I see Charlie Chaplin in my leopard print shower curtain. ;D
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Post by Neo Stella on Jul 7, 2004 21:44:24 GMT
Thankyou for your comments Adey. I see all of life as creative, not just ideas that are "out there." What I meant by the creative mind was something one hadn't thought of before.
You see, every phenomena we experience we tend to pidgeonhole from our previous experiences. If there isn't one we force it into an existing one in order to understand it. Geniuses add new pidgeonholes giving us a wider spectrum of understanding.
How would a person from prehistoric times view a mobile (cell) phone? Without a reference (where does it fit?) it is difficult to make sense of new things.
Mind magic for me is the creation of new ways to see things, visualising what can be and adding new references. I am not for one second suggesting that a logical, rational mind cannot do this. On the contrary, engineers and scientist sometimes appreciate flashes of inspiration more than the artist who by contrast can become blase about creativity and miss capturing the inspiration that could make such a difference.
What I'm really asking is if you saw these pictures in the clouds, what meaning would it hold for you? I have my interpretation which is inkeeping with my story.
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Post by Adey on Jul 8, 2004 1:51:16 GMT
You see, every phenomena we experience we tend to pidgeonhole from our previous experiences. If there isn't one we force it into an existing one in order to understand it. Geniuses add new pidgeonholes giving us a wider spectrum of understanding. You have articulated a truth I recognise but have never spoken. In short Neo, I agree. If your observations of the cloud formations were part of a parable, then I could answer in the abstract. As it is, I can't in this instance get past the rational. Sorry Neo, I'd just say "hmm nice cloud, looks just like Ireland.. " I wouldn't begin to give them meaning
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