Originally we were all creative because all children are creative.
While growing up, many children lose their creativity by seeing, reading, hearing what many grown ups do and teach.
According to a book called " Goal " by Brian Tracy,
"Fully 95% of children tested between the ages of three and five are rated as highly creative.
Of the same children tested again as teenagers, only about 5% rated as
highly creative.
What happened to them in the interim ?
As they went through school, they were taught that if you want to get along, you follow the crowd.
They learned not to question or challenge the teacher or to suggest unusual ideas.
In their attempts to be liked and accepted by their peers, they allowed their creativity to die down, like a fire without fuel. "
"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grows up." － Pablo Picasso
But if we don't use creativity, we lose it.
It means that the more we use creativity, the more our creativity improves.
I'm always interested in people who are unique and have their original style.
Copy cats
However, I realized that most people's creativity is sparked or inspired from someone else's ideas.
They were influenced by someone's ideas. Even people who I was thinking are original and not copying anyone.
But I noticed that while I was deeply into music composers and listening to many classical music, I found there are music which some parts are very similar or almost same melody as other classical music I know.
The composers are very famous and considered as genius music composers.
And they are.
But even they were inspired by someone.
And this can reflect in the music they compose.
It's the same with all kinds of music.
~The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -
Albert Einstein~
Then I realized that people are mostly influenced by people who they admire or respect.
Or they are influenced by things or stuff which were a huge hit.
But if they tried to hide the sources, we may not know about it.
That's the point for me.
Nowadays, there are many people who are openly copying someone else s idea.
For business,
Many people are copying each other's trendy ideas, and noting which ones sold well.
There is always a danger of " selling out ", of focusing only on what's selling, rather than good quality.
A danger of focusing only on what's selling, rather than focusing on how the product or whatever it is, is influencing quality of life .
I feel People are not trying to be unique anymore much and are openly copying other's ideas, so originality is losing, nowadays.
For example,
Cars,
The design of cars are getting all look alike nowadays.
It's easier to sell items which already got huge hit before, to sell and get profits than to risk items which are new, which are a different design and different ideas from other products.
Entertainers/ Actors / Actresses ,
There was an actor Y who admired my favorite actor S in Japan, and Y was copying S's acting style and fashion and whatever S does.
Y was often calling and asking S what next he will do.
Y also got many fans and became famous as a cool actor, even though he was a copy cat of S.
Y passed away when he was 39, and became a legendary actor.
Many of Y's fans had not followed S's career carefully and many of them thought S was the one who was copying Y's acting style and those fans are against S.
It bothered me because it was the opposite.
Y was openly copying S and other famous actors, mainly S.
S was a super star and many boys adored him and copying him whatever he did. Y was one year older than S but he also adored and was copying S.
It's not attractive for me when famous people openly copying someone.
It's okay for public people/children though. I had same part as well.
But as an entertainer who has an audience, it's not attractive. ( for me)
Copying is fine if they hide the source.
Unique People
Lately, when I was reading many people's opinions about many kinds of topics from articles and news, I noticed that many people are afraid to be seen as childish or not adults.
Everyone is trying to act like adults.
It's fine to act like an adult who cares about harmony and kind to others.
But I think people are misunderstanding about the meaning of Childish and childlike.
Everyone is trying to be like people who audiences like and are not being themselves.
and entertainment characters are getting to be not so unique like they were in the 1970s, 80s generations anymore.
Nowadays, while computer and internet give us many benefit to get many information , people are influenced from what many people are saying in the comments and opinion boards.
Reading too much information can influence our feeling and change our attitude.
As a result, people want to get good impression from many people and act like what they think many people like and they lose their original personality.
I sometimes saw complaints from people who say that they were openly copied by people who happened to live around the same place where they live.
Some are openly copying someone who they admire, from hair style to outfits to material items, even to copying their name, like out of the 1992's movie
"Single white Female" -(Main cast :Bridget Fonda).
This story is very scary.
I think everyone is influenced by someone who they are attracted to and may be copying some parts of their ideas.
But if no one knows the source of it, everyone will think that is one's original idea and style.
I'm always interested in unique people who have charisma.