Does Creativity Have A Place In Modern Society?
It seems that everyone has had a need to meet with a nurse at one time or another, and through these experiences of nursing, we are able to see the importance a good nurse can have in a time of trouble. Experiences with bad nurses especially can taint the view of a patient towards hospitals, and the health care system in general. An experience with a nurse who is inefficient, does their job poorly, and dehumanizes patients can make an individual rightly fear nurses in their future. The negative impact of a poor nurse is huge and can have serious and lasting effects on the patients he or she may treat.
I imagine them thinking that there couldn't be much more to invent or create beyond that. Well space became another frontier and we got computers to do a hundred thousand things we couldn't do. So where are the boundaries and where are we heading? It really is hard to tell but we cannot discount the fact that creativity has defined our society since the stone age. With the new technology we are getting hundreds of new ideas every second of the day and it opens new possibilities that people would never have believed. So modernization is only a catalyst for creativity. So what are some of the hindrances of creativity?
One of the major setbacks is restrictions from government or not enough protection of ideas given by the government. We all know that governing a large body of people is not easy task and comes with a lot trial and error. Another major inhibiter is the institutional road blocks placed in front of all of us when we enter the school system. There are so many pushes to teach children to conform and to be disciplined. In some ways we stifle creativity by telling kids that this is the right way and there is only one to make things work. At the same time there those who fight the system with their creativity and become an anomaly. There are other things that stifle creativity, from organizations hammering down the "nail that stands out" to people being promoted for being just like their boss.
The idea of clones kind of scares us and yet that is what we force in our system today. It is just a breeding ground for similar thinking. So why not choose a path that could lead to creative thinking such as an art director, musician, or photographer? Sometimes these positions are not as respected in our culture and are becoming more and more of a hobby than actual prestigious positions. This may lead to huge concerns in the future as we begin to see a homogenous way of thinking that begins to destroy society inside and out.
You may wonder how the lack of creativity could possibly be that big of a deal. Well what do you think problem solving is? What do you think politics is all about? There are so many different facets in which to use creativity and if you feel like becoming an art director is not your thing just see how you can use it in your career now.
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