Creativity

Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." 

I'm in the "imagination business." I use my imagination to write fiction books. 

I used to host the Speculative Fiction Cantina on BlogTalkRadio (which I understand is now defunct). On that program, I would ask authors to describe and read from their works. I was often blown away by the creativity and imagination shown. They would have ideas that I would have never thought of. I can't remember any now (the last show was on February 16, 2018) but I do remember the feeling of amazement.

These days I'm playing an online game called Heardle. It's a music guessing game where you try to name the song as quickly as possible. I don't play every game but I plays the ones I think I have a chance of knowing (even so, some of the songs are very esoteric). And the ads get annoying. I still play it every day on my phone, usually while my wife is in the shower. Again, however, I am amazed by the creativity of the people who write music, the instruments and the tunes and everything that goes into a song. Even in the first 2 seconds the differences between songs are staggering. (Of course, musicians have thousands of instruments to choose from, writers only have 26 letters).

My point? Human imagination and creativity are limitless. I don't know the first thing about writing a song but I do know how to write a book. And using creativity and imagination, I can build worlds.

Do you use imagination and creativity in your work or hobby? If so, let me know how in the comments below.