Being Creative

In a world overrun by war, terrorism, financial insecurity and fraud, one of the biggest casualties, along with innocent lives, tends to be human creativity. In my mind, this is a profound tragedy—almost as great as the loss of innocent life.

Sooner or later, all of us reach the end of the road and confront our own mortality. In my mind, the single greatest validation of one's existence in the face of death is the answer to this question:

When one considers all the self-serving, negative, dishonest, vengeful, exploitative, hateful or destructive actions that all of us commit in the course of a lifetime—to varying degrees, some more so than others—how many of us can lay claim to a single act of true creativity—a single action or accomplishment that is honestly, genuinely, truthfully, selflessly creative or productive, one that is both inspired and inspiring, that uplifts the human soul rather than destroys human lives—however modest or ephemeral that action may be?

I think that what makes the great urban cultural centers of the world remarkable—be it New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles or Mumbai, India—is the fact that their thriving, cosmopolitan arts and cultural scenes and entertainment industries place actual value on human creativity. True, these industries can only too often be inordinately competitive and even outright exploitative, stifling the very creativity that fuels them—but compare that to other parts of the world where the norm often seems to be hatred, murder, religious fundamentalism, ethnic cleansing, violence, genocide, terror, tyranny, enslavement, financial corruption and widespread chaos.

I noted previously that human creativity is one of the major casualties in the face of calamity or catastrophe, but that isn't necessarily always the case. Sometimes the very opposite is true—tragedy and catastrophe can sometimes actually stimulate creativity in an odd, inverse way. Very often, being creative and self-expressive is a powerful way for some people to cope with difficult times. For others, coming face-to-face with one's mortality can force one to reassess one's priorities in life and reconsider what's really important, thereby inspiring creativity and productivity in the face of violence, terror, murder and financial collapse or fraud.

Horizon Cybermedia is committed to furthering the cause of human creativity, whatever the circumstances may be. Check out our ongoing online film series, Exploration with Uday Gunjikar, at our website http://www.explorationtheseries.com and stay tuned for much more new and, hopefully, both inspired and inspiring content to come in the near future.

Wishing you the very best,

Uday Gunjikar,
Founder and CEO,
Horizon Cybermedia, Inc.