The beginning of certain wonderful creations in this world cannot be traced back. I am here talking about creative thoughts which struck someone at some point or a few at different environs.
Imagine. An epoch where pyjamas with strings attached are the only established attire for men. Say, pyjamas became the ethical dress code in the society. It seems perfectly fine, until one guy breaks into the party of pyjamas with his zipper attached to it for the first time ever and claims it to be his creativity to add some utility value. I am sure he would have ended up being a laughing stock among others. He would have taken all the humiliation for coming up with such an idea in a society that believes in Pyjamas as the dress code for men.
But fortunately, zipper pants are so common today. It has become the very part men’s attire. But how many people today really know the history of such a great invention? I would rather call it a creative thought. No more we laugh at zipper.
Zipper has a utility value, so do many creations. Most of the creative thoughts have survived the tests, embarrassments, degradation yet have created successful histories, while other creations die premature. A classic example of the creation that died early would be that of hmm.......ummmm....I thought for more than an hour. I could not hit upon any creation that failed.
Creation may face a drift, they might have been put under scanner and ridiculed, certain creative ideas might not have worked well in a particular environment or society or they might have quickly lost the race to scientific advancements, but this can never be attributed as failure to the any original creation that has come out of a man’s creative ability. So keep thinking, make new ideas. People around us may call it is funny and useless? So be it, could there be a funnier creation than a zipper on men’s pants?
