Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Creativity is a real mess!


Scientists and creationist can agree on one thing at least. The act of creating the universe was messy! I am a creationist that also believes that science is proof of God, not a substitution for Him. I did say Him, sorry Hillary. Science and God must co-exist happily or else it just does not add up for me. I also have a theory explaining the paradox of why the earth is 4.5 Billion years old and why it has only been 6,000 years since Adam was asked to leave the garden before checkout. I agree with both statements 100%! If you are a creationist, you cannot just say, well God went “poof” and don’t ask so many silly science questions. Also the idea that we are here by an evolutionary spin of the roulette wheel does not add up completely the way the Darwinian argument is laid out.

It does have an ironic mind bending truth to it however. Like saying an iPod evolved from mud. It sounds absurd, but the iPod actually did evolve from mud, it just took longer than you can remember. In a roundabout way we all came from mud.

Here is one for the front pew, from Genesis, the book, not the band! We were created out of the “dust of the earth.” The reason scientists can prove we did evolve from dirt is because it is true! That does not make my really great Grandpa a banana eater however, that’s absurd. Evolving from a monkey and evolving from dirt are two separate things. One is false and one is true. Give me a ring sometime and I would love to chat with you about it, amongst other things running around in my head.

Let’s get back to the creation. This is something we do not all figure out while we are here. I mean, it took us 6,000 years to put wheels on our luggage! We really are timid when it comes to creativity because we are terrified of making a mistake. This is how I see the creation. It was messy! Pressure, fire, thunder, explosions of atomic proportions then God sent the accountants to clean up the mess. It is just like creating a great franchise or any brand really. Don’t be afraid to create a mess at first. If you are too timid, the result will be bland, average and definitely not extraordinary. You must be willing to get a little crap on the walls if you want to smell the roses later on.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Explaining "Creativity" will not be that easy as thoughts might decorate in mind, but it needs the vision of creating one better world of self that grows involving all the others surrounding it.
Difficult to understand but that is what is creativity all about simple yet confusing.

Anonymous said...

If you follow the image you used at the top of your post - it would seem man is DEvolving!

Chad Harris said...

Thanks Anon,

In many ways with all of the wars and violence and social issues, it seems to be a de-evolution of man at times. I like the photo to remind us we need to stay humble and technology is a means, not an end. Thanks for stopping by.