What Is Creativity

Is it coming up with something completely new? Creating something from nothing as if on cue Is it combining made concepts in order to create? The ability to do so is still something great Is it the ability and flexibility to adapt to change? Embracing the new despite it being strange Does it come from ability or a great deal of work? In perspiration or inspiration does it lurk? The answer it seems incorporates them all It’s finding the new, escaping the banal All human beings are capable of imagination But we are taught to deny its cultivation As a child we create often with little limitation As practicality is expected it comes in moderation Judgment and logic become commonly used Our creative impulses now often refused To escape the trap, we change how we think Question the norm, and find a new link Then action and thoughts find new direction A solution that could just be perfection