Ingenuity is the quality of being clever, original, and inventive. This post is all about originality, creativity, and expressiveness.

Why discuss about this? I find there is a growing need to talk and share about creativity. We have to be open minded about creativity and individuality. It is 2019. Times have changed, people have changed, things have changed, countries have changed, the world has changed. Yet, why have our mindsets stayed the same? It’s a shame, isn’t it?

I am not here talking about inventions that we have openly welcomed such as phones, apps, television shows? I am talking about the art of expressing oneself. Sure, you’d say but we all do enjoy music, movies, art and so on. That is true, but why do we find that there is a need to accept creativity only if it is socially accepting?

We accept the kind of music that is widely accepted. I do agree, certain genres are a little more “off” but who are we to put a label on creativity and say that as long as it is not the norm like Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, it is not music? Millennials tried out music that is all funky like EDM and Dubstep. It is weird but why do people only grow to “love” it when it gets viral and becomes a trend?

Creativity can be a form of style and fashion. We laugh at the people we deem nerds and geeks who wear big, thick frames. Maybe that was not just prescribed by the doctor, maybe they find it their thing, their style, their way of expression to wear those glasses. Yet we picked on them. Give it a while and a good looking person or a celebrity wears it and suddenly everyone wants to be a geek.

These are merely a few examples, I can list way more that would probably make you not just fall asleep reading it, but just before you shut your eyes, to get riddled with guilt. It is truly sad to see that people like freedom of speech. It is great that the world we live in now acknowledges people’s thoughts and opinions.

Some of us, the creative ones, love this challenge. We know what we are up against when we experiment something new. We know that the world may love it or hate it. But more than not, it’s a mixed bag of sweet and salty treats. Yet, we do it anyway. We love the risk, we love the adrenaline. Some of the creative minds come up with comedy. An art that is honestly very hard to master and there’s only a handful a great ones.

People go up on stage, discuss topics that could be generic, relatable, funny and sweet. Some, the truly courageous ingenuous ones, go up there and talk about controversial things, painful truths, hard to share sensitive issues that they are able to unravel with humor. That is commendable.

Yes, it is insensitive to some, some people take it to heart as they deem the jokes are too harsh. People fail to see the creativity behind that. The ugly stuff were masked as jokes to make people have a good time listening to it, laugh about it, yet makes one truly reflect and think.

The ones who are truly creative and respective towards creativity would understand what I am saying and perhaps even agree with me. The ones who are starting to get defensive. You are not wrong. It is your own right to feel the way you do. But before you go blasting off, just ask yourself, are you getting outraged because it is entirely your thoughts, feelings and opinions or is it due to what the “world” feels.

In this case, the world refers to the people around you and the internet. People get so blinded by other people that they just start reflecting off one another. It’s like walking in a room filled with mirrors. It’s walking around with many yous. People start thinking it’s relatable. Sure, some of it is. But, we are not clones. You do not have to agree with things that a lot of people agree on. Just because 8 people or 8 billion people say that something is wrong, you do not have to believe that it is wrong if you disagree.

Allow me to further elaborate on this by using a different topic. Religion and religious beliefs. On Earth, there is a huge variety of races, religions, cultures and beliefs. Why can’t we just agree to disagree and live harmoniously? Why do we have to make it complicated by shunning one or a few religions that we do not have faith in. You could be a free thinker or an atheist. You do not have to publicly humiliate someone who practice certain rituals. You can have opinions on it, sure. But the ones that you find odd, why not embrace it as some form of creativity and move on?

The same would go for someone who comes from a certain religion. You can have strong faith, you can encourage people to “walk the right part” that you deem to be yours. But, if they were to not abide by it, respectfully let it be. Let people’s thoughts and beliefs be a free thing. Stop trying to make the entire world a communist one. Democracy is after all incompatible with excessive, bureaucratic regimentation of social life.

If you are a communist who is reading this, do not get affected. This is merely my opinion. If you do get affected, well, I am not sorry for what I am saying. These are just my thoughts that I am penning down. If things are to be peaceful, people who read this and disagree, would find a civil way to share their thoughts too.

Ultimately, shouldn’t we be making the world a better place? Why not we stop saying ‘let’s try and make a difference’ and actually make it. Let people be, let the world be. Let happiness shine through. Leave the gay, transgenders alone and stop physically abusing them just because they are not “normal”. You want to do something about the non-normal ones, how about you start with the real inhumane people? Rapists, pedophiles, serial killers? Why attack people who just wants to live their lives on their own terms?

The saying life is short is true. In just 81 years, it is going to be Year 2100. I am not sure how many of us would be around to witness it. I just know for a fact that if the world is going to remain the way it is now, I do not want to be around to see how far worse off we’d be. For the time that we have left on this beautiful planet where we are killing slowly, why not make it a tad bit better?

The Earth has been around way before we were born and it probably will (provided it does not blow up or a meteorite strikes it again) way after we go. We have destroyed the physical state of Earth to a point there is almost no making it better but just slowing down it’s self-destruction. Our ancestors and especially us, have destroyed Earth as it is. Humans kill far more things than any other creatures. It used to be killing animals for food and sustenance. Then it became kill them for fashion and some for the fun of it.

Must we also kill each other? Aren’t we the scum of all creatures? Is that not bad enough? Why do we have to always kill? It’s either kill as in end lives, or kill another person, mentally or emotionally. Kill each other’s hopes, dreams and creativity. It’s painful and sad to even share all of this. However, it is the truth and I believe more people should address this.

If you choose to be a Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V (a copy and paste) of the people around you, so be it. But you should not be making the people around you your reflections. If you do not make them, but join the world beating them down , you are still part of the problem. Let the creative ones live. Let them live, for in this crumbling ball in space that we all inhabit, its the creative ones that make our species less of a dirt than it is.

Dirt is in fact more useful and superior. Just because we are the only creatures who had mastered all 6 senses, it does not give us the right to belittle fellow humans whom you find inferior due to various beliefs. Do not forget your place. Do not forget for one day, you too will become dirt. You would rather be a human being that is better than dirt while you are alive and give your life some purpose, than to be better off as dirt.

Dear creative ones, dear ingenuous people, the world will keep knocking us down. Where is the fun or sense of accomplishment if everything was easy? Just ensure you rise up and up. Think past tomorrow but enjoy today for you’ll never know if there is going to be a tomorrow.

Stand for what you believe in and your visions. Stand up, encourage and support creativity. If you do not stand for something, what will you fall for? Sing, Dance, Act, Write, Plan, Create, Invent. Do something and pave that into your new life, your very own life. What do you want, what makes you happy? The world may be happy, but is it worth it for you if you are balling your eyes out?

Be creative. Live a creative and colorful life. Embrace creativity that are unlike yours. It may start with 10 of us and slowly a hundred, a thousand, a million, and eventually billions! Let us make the human race less nasty.

Movie: Dumbo

Characters Involved: Dumbo & Timothy Q. Mouse

**(The picture shows Dumbo & Timothy Q. Mouse**

xoxo