What's it mean to be "creative"?  We all know that the term usually refers to people in the acting profession, in the music industry, people who dabble in the arts, for instance, paintings, sculpture, architecture, photography, and so on and so forth.  Well, this used to be the case, like "centuries" ago.  Nowadays, the term "creativity" is found everywhere.

That's right.  Unfold your morning papers and you'll catch the words "creative", "creativity", "creative thinking" here there and everywhere.  If it's not utilised in an advertisement to spell out its latest promotional gimmick, it can be found in the news or in one of the regular columns, regardless of subject matter.  In other words, the "C" word has become overrated.

Why the fascination with "creativity" nowadays?  Why has it become a "necessity" to have "creative thinking" in anything and everything we do?  Why has life become so hard, so complex,
so competitive?  Why have we driven ourselves to this point, why do we pressure ourselves and challenged ourselves on a day-to-day basis?  Why, why, why?

What's happened to the life our forefathers used to live in - a time when life was "simple" and "creative" people considered a "special breed"?  Seems like only yesterday...

Now, everyone wants to have "creative thinking".  I guess that's why I felt that in order to maintain the "magic" of the word "creativity", I must uncover the "old magic" of yesteryears.  Like for instance, when you read a comic strip and the simple drawing and the words accompanying the frames encompass the "creativity" of the cartoonist.

Maybe it was "nostalgia" on my part when I published the article on "Charles Schulz" of "Peanuts" fame that prompted me to follow-up with this blog posting.  But for whatever reason, I'm usually at my "creative" best when I "rant" and "rave" on my "Blogs" Section.  So, bear with me, as always...