Sunday, June 19, 2005

Order and Chaos

Many have said that creativity only comes from chaos, while others are paranoid about anything chaotic (and hence anarchic) whatsoever. I am a mildly chaotic person (but not excessively so), and am a relatively creative and productive person at the same time. The trick is to balance the order and the chaos. You see, in order to be creative, one must have some sense of chaos so the mind is free to wander and create anew. The problem is that the mind must wander within some sort of boundary. If the mind wanders anywhere and everywhere, the results are often less than pleasant (trust me, I know this from personal experience). God's law, if nothing else, places boundaries on our behavior and thoughts. Therefore, in order to be truly creative and productive there must be some structure to the chaos. However, too much structure is as damaging to creativity as too much chaos. Just as too much chaos gives the mind too many possibilities and not enough focus to complete any of the ideas, too much order stifles the creativity and stops the spring of ideas. That's just my two cents of the matter. It's an interesting discussion, though, but time forbids me to say more at this time.

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