Every fifth grader has heard of the conservation of energy, the principle that says energy can not be created or destroyed but only transformed. This is also partly true of creativity.
Creativity is the ability to store emotions, to capture feelings, to create things that inspire and perpetuate creativity in others.
Any artist can tell you how emotionally draining the act of creating can be. Whether it’s writing, painting, sculpting, acting or composing music.
But the beauty of the creative arts is that once you channel your energy into the task of creating the energy stays where it is no matter how many people draw inspiration from it.
Imagine how sad the world would be if creativity followed the same laws as physical energy. A world where after you finished a book the words were gone from the page until you used the stored energy to create a painting; which in turn vanished after someone became inspired from looking at it.
An actors craft carries the same amount of creativity whether his audience is a thousand or just one. A musician can inspire millions with one song out of just one night of furious composition, a few months with paper and pen can become a hundred years of literary enjoyment.
And these artists drained of emotion and low on energy can pick up someone else’s creative work and become inspired all over again.
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón – The Shadow of the Wind
Go now. I send you out into the world to create, inspire and dream.
Now, if only we could power our vehicles with creative energy. Ah . . . the power of imagination.
C. O. Bonham 
Weather Tis Vane to Comment
29 Nov 2011 7 Comments
by C.O. Bonham in Random Musing, Uncategorized, Well founded paranoia Tags: Blogging, Leaving Comments, Weather vanes
I was so excited when I first started getting comments on my blog but for some reason they were all in the spam pile. I am thinking, “What are all of these wonderful people who actually like my writing doing in the spam folder?” So I approved the comments and basked in the glow of positive feed back.
Then I looked closely at where the comments came from. Most of them seemed to be just regular blogs like mine. But they all had the word Weathervane in the title.
So I said ohhh kaaay and forgot it. Then recently I got some twelve or so comments in my spam folder at one time. They appeared to be from different people but when I clicked on them they all linked back to the same website. A website that sells weather vanes.
So I ask: Why is it that the only people who read my blog are Weathervane enthusiasts?
Am I prejudice against Weather Vanes?
No. Weather Vanes are both decorative and functional. But you can’t blame me for seeing some kind of conspiracy. Can you?
Sorry if I offended anyone who left a genuine comment and honestly enjoyed my random musings.
This just happens to be what I’m musing on right now, though something tells me that this anything but random. I think that there might be a method behind the spam filter’s madness.
So please by all means leave a comment. Feel free to praise my opinions or even disagree if you feel you must.
For right now I am going to leave the settings alone so that I can continue to either approve or disapprove comments.
I also realize that I am not very good at replying to comments. Sometimes though it is really hard to know what to say.
So here are a few comment guidelines that will get you approved and maybe even get a reply:
1) Say something about the subject of the post that you are commenting on. Do you agree/disagree? Did you think that it was clever/lame/too clever by half? What is your opinion?
2) Do not ask me tech questions. I am not a blogging guru. I am not good with the technical stuff; I just type and post that’s it. I have no Idea what an RSS feed is.
3) Try to avoid having anything to do with weather vanes. I am on to you. (If you do have the misfortune of having a weathervane related site please pay close attention to point one. That should get you accepted.
4) Don’t try selling anything. I might let through a recommendation but never a blatant ad.
And lastly
If you really want me to reply to your comment you need to engage my interest. Have I met you before? Did you hear about me through Cross and Cosmos? Do you have an opinion on the post topic? Does the post remind you of a book you read once? A TV show? Movie? I am more likely to reply to a reader who is engaged in the subject than one who just says, “I never thought about it that way before.” My opinion on the topic is already in the post so I guess I figure, “what else can I say?”
I hope that helps. Again sorry if I sounded mean that really wasn’t my intention. But maybe these few suggestions will help you decide whether ‘t would be vain to comment or not.
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