The Loss of Creativity

“Things as they are are changed upon the blue guitar.” What is a blue guitar? Is it a hollow stringed instrument that has been painted oh so wildly? Or is it perhaps, something more? It is a key to unlock the door to our imaginations. Today people hold back their inner child. Some children are told that Santa Claus does not exist as young as age six. What will become of our world when there are no more artists? No more musicians? No more writers, singers, or dancers? We will become a people that see nothing but gray and who cannot think for themselves.

In the book The Giver, a town of people is sheltered from the rest of the world. There is only perfect weather-it never rains. There is no color-only shades of gray. And no one can think for themselves. If society continues to reject our imaginative realms and only focus on what we are told to think and feel, we are doomed for the same fate. Why must we judge each other for our creativity?

Coloring books are now made where children can only color inside the lines. Growing up, I was taught to never color inside the lines. Today's kids are much too sheltered, and from their very own thoughts! How can we continue to blind our children and teach them that they are not to give in to their creativity and simply stand aside and accept reality? Our lives will only be as glorious as we make them, and when we take away our freedom to express, there is nothing left but the gray monotony.

Our pride must learn to stand down, and give our imaginations a go. For far too long, our world has cast aside daydreaming and doodling. Dreams are nothing but foolishness and we should never give into them. This is what we are taught, and like a whipped puppy, we obey silently. Well I am one voice shouting out. I am the yellow shirt in a sea of gray. I am an individual. The one thing we must always remember is just that-our individuality. It is what keeps us from fading into the back and living miserable lives. It is what creates a bond through the most motley of crews.

Give into creativity! For as Pablo Picasso once said, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life!”