Creativity Vs. Inspiration

Artists of various spheres seems to be facing a shortage of creativity...for, creativity in one’s own rights alone sets the person apart from the crowd, even makes one stand out of the same fraternity...writers, fashion designers, architects all included.

Fashion designers lifting designs from others have been quite common now more so in India. The accuses are the same all the time...that one has copied someone else’s imaginative work blatantly.

As for writing, it isn’t new either. Recently, Dan Brown caught a lot of attention on that aspect...and now it is Kaavya Viswanathan.

Couple of years ago, I remember buying a lot of Interior Designing books to my sister who herself was a budding designer then, with an intention to help her. But she refused them outright, saying that if she reads them, she would tend to think on the lines of what she sees and that her own creativity would go for a toss if she goes over them!

I wasn’t convinced...as a wannabe writer myself, I read a lot of books – one has to read a lot in order to write...that’s my point and in my sister’s case, the same holds true. One has to know how things are done in the world, at the same time not borrow the existing ideas but use it to fuel their own imagination and come up with something fresh.

Like Samit Basu has said in today’s HT, there is a chance for a person’s favorite author to influence his or her writing but copying paragraphs and similar sentences would be unforgivable. Think of it...such act has raised questions on KV's credibility and has brought nothing but disrepute...and may be just as Shobha De suggests, its better for the publisher to withdraw the book itself rather than resorting to other damage control...for this sure looks beyond repair.

Sleep to that !

Well getting job is one thing but if that job calls for relocating, now that would be another thing...getting job is the easiest part in today's employee market...the relocating part is never easy...it starts with finding the right packers and movers, shortlisting them and zeroing it to the one who gives the best estimate based on the limits your new company has set...start packing things you can't let them pack and hold dear to yourself...like certificates, other documents, jewellery, important books, few pairs of clothing and bare essentials. Now that's gonna take a lot of time even if you are already organized, but for unorganized wrecks like me, that's gonna be a double effort, coz you don't wanna dump everything and go to the new house and search for things...hence wise people like me, start organizing and packing things in advance...but the last 2 days I spent amazingly unproductive...just sleeping and eating and playing and having all the fun...totally oblivious to the fact that the upcoming days are gonna be pretty hectic...and those days start right from tomorrow...:( For some reason or the other, I become lazy when it comes to household chores...the interest is there, the initiative is not there; the time is there but a helper is not there...there it is...I need a person to help me to get the initiative, to use my time effectively to clean, organize and pack things...hence while writing this, I took a break and checked if my neighbor's maid can come and pitch in and found she indeed can...So, I am gonna be so busy and highly productive after a 2 day hiatus...not bad isn't it...and now I will promptly get back to my blogging once done with that...till then you take care and so will I...