Freedom to make genuine mistakes is at the root of creativity

Freedom to make genuine mistakes is at the root of creativity: 

Imagine a painter holding a brush with scepticism and fear of making an error - the chance of his creating a fine art is remote. He is obsessed with being correct and thus his mind is already preoccupied. Mind needs no anchor in the moment of creativity. Creative thoughts need no bounds. They are like free flowing river, which does not know it's own course. Creativity is aimless. It has no pre-decided destination. It has no goal to achieve. It just happens. Archimedes did not get into the bath tub to discover the principle of bouyancy. It happened, and when it did, he ran naked into the streets in Syracuse in excitement. Sir Isaac Newton did not purposefully sit below the tree awaiting an apple to fall to discover the principle of gravity. That creativity may end up nurturing the soul and serving humanity is a different matter, it does not aim to do so. The nightingale sings sweetest melody. It aims not to impress anyone, it just enjoys it's singing.

Om Namah Shivay.