One of these things just doesn't belong, ......"
If I had to pick a theme song for my life ... the Sesame Street song above would be it. The 'thing' is me. It has taken me over 50 years to understand and it is Einstein who has brought me clarity.
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” -- Albert Einstein
"I always found I was in the best of company, alone." -- Albert Einstein
"Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else has ever thought." -- Albert Einstein
"The monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind." -- Albert Einstein
"I rarely think in words at all." -- Albert Einstein
"I simply imagine it so, then go about to prove it." -- Albert Einstein
"My only genius talent is inquisitiveness." -- Albert Einstein
"My mind is my office." -- Albert Einstein
"If everybody lived as I do, surely the writing of romance novels would never have come into being." -- Albert Einstein
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” -- Albert Einstein
And me, I am not purporting to be a genius, but.....
I do think in pictures
My creativity erupts when I am alone and that same creativity becomes inhibited when there is too much external stimulation ... usually by other people
If I imagine it, I WANT TO CREATE IT and I usually can .... my creativity comes from my mind, not from books and the ideas of others
I create solo and do not 'collaborate' with other 'artists' -- I do not require the affirmation of my peers -- I create for the sheer joy
My creative outlet is for me ... just me. If others happen to find my work appealing, that feels good ... and I appreciate it.
In summary: I understand others may not understand my joy of solitude. My self imposed isolation is born out of my love to run after the pictures in my mind ..... and I am happy. Thanks Einstein ...You "get it!"
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