What if we could redefine chaos and uncertainty?
The modern idea of chaos—something totally without order and seemingly disruptive by nature—was formed during Roman times.
Writer/philosopher Ovid in Metamorphosis, called it “a rude and undeveloped mass, that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a shapeless heap.”
Before that, the Greek Chaos (Khaos) was understood as a gap filled with fertile potential from which everything and anything could come. Chaos holds a certain fascination. Within its vast, undefined gap exists every potential which could ever be. This is how this creativeness is realized.
How to realize creativeness
When a change occurs, sudden or planned, a first reaction might be, “What’s that about?” with an eye to recognizing what is ending.
Then, “I wonder what might follow, be next.”
Finally, “What potentials are presenting themselves, as if the were a trumpet call for moving forward to a new adventure.”
My wish is for all people to feel confident leveraging endless, unbounded potential to create something new, something unknown, something highly useful, delightful, intriguing or otherwise. New ideas, new decisions, new actions, new relationships, new outcomes.
This is why World Creativity and Innovation Week, April 15 – 21 exists. To encourage and engage people all over the world to use creativity in problem-solving to make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too.
