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Absolute Originality; Unrealistic?
We all strive to be creative and original. Especially in the contemporary era. At times it even discourages me to show what I consider as my ‘original ideas’ to others, because it seems like it’s such a trend nowadays.

Sometimes we come up with amazing abstract ideas we’ve never heard about before, so we consider it as an original idea. But truth is, all ideas are triggered from others. This doesn’t neccessarily mean that you’ve coppied someone else’s idea piece to piece, it just means that you’ve heard or whitnessed something that has triggered a new idea in your head. All ideas in the world are related, and it’s our job, in a way, to unlock paths to reach those ideas. Our world is like a video game, with many paths to many solutions. All solutions are related and therefore connected, and all we need to do is follow certain paths and put our own ideas into it to be able to unlock more and more paths and therefore more and more solutions.

I guess what I’m trying to say is we simply need to realize and accept that all ideas are developed from others, and that it’s okay. Trying with all your might to be creative and original is always bound to be a failure. Take writing for example. In my creative class, at every class session my teacher gives us a 15 minute chunk of time for free style writing. Instead of trying to force out creativity, we are given a certain direction, a starting point, and we’re supposed to let our mind and our fingers do the rest. These are the times I develop my most creative writing. When I let go of a sense of control and absolute direction, and let my subconscious show me things I never knew, or took notice of. And I’ve realized that that very thing, the ability to let go and let your mind take over, is something I need to practice more. It becomes difficult not planning ahead, and therefore not knowing what’s going to happen next and in the future. This concept is something we’ve been taught all our lives; to plan ahead and follow that direction and get rid of all unpredictables. When I first signed up for this blog, I tried to sit down and plot the things I would talk about in each blog, and edit and reedit till I was satisfied. But i quickly realized that striving to be creative and original is nothing but a mistake. So from this moment on I’ll let my mind take over, and sit back and indulge in my twisted thoughts and try to make some sense out of it through my writing. And maybe someone else can read my material and let their subconscious get triggered to pour out new discoveries.