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The Anatomy of Creative Wisdom

"Here's to the crazy ones.

The misfits.

The rebels.

The troublemakers.

The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently.

They're not fond of rules.

And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,

disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.

Because they change things.

They invent. They imagine. They heal.

They explore. They create. They inspire.

They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?

Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?

Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think

they can change the world, are the ones who do."

—Steve Jobs, Apple C.E.O.

Has this ever happened to you? You’re out for a jog, you’re completely relaxed, your mind is blank. Than all of a sudden into your head pops the solutions to a problem you’ve been mulling over for days or weeks. You can’t help but wonder why you didn’t think of it before.

In such moments you have made contact with the creative spirit. The creative spirit is more than an occasional insight or whimsical flourish. When the creative spirit stirs it animates a style of being; a lifetime filled with the desire to innovate to explore new ways of doing things to bring dreams to reality. No matter who you are the creative spirit can enter your life. It is at hand for anyone who has the urge to make, to explore new possibilities to leave things a little better than before.

The creative spirit was at work for example in the life of Martin Luther King, whose vision and nonviolence social tactics changed his nation. And it was at work throughout the life of Martha Graham who continue to transform who continue to transform modern dance until her death at ninety –six. But the spirit also shows up in the adventurous cook who continually invents recipes or the inspiring teacher who constantly finds new ways to challenge students. Creative moments are vital to everything we do in life, in our relationships our family, our work and our community.

Let’s move a little bit further and digest a quick scenario that demonstrates the spirit of creative wisdom at work.

Bread and Fish for All

On a certain day a man went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). Suddenly a huge crowd followed him. They were attracted by the good deeds that they had seen him done for so many people. When he got to the other side, across Tiberias, he climbed a huge mountain and sat down. He was assisted and surrounded by his aides and helpers.

Suddenly the man looked out and saw that a large crowd had followed him and arrived on the other side, across Tiberias. They were waiting for him. He said to his aides and friends “Where can we buy bread to feed all of these people?” I do not know they were following me. However, he already knew what he was going to do with the crow but he just wanted to see how his aides and friends will react. One of his aides said answered, Boy not even “Two hundred silver pieces would be enough to buy bread for each person or to feed this crow. Another of his aides said, “I think I noticed a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that’s a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this.”

The man suddenly got personal insight on how he would make it work. He said enthusiastically to his aide “Make the people sit down.” There was a nice carpet of green grass in the mountain. The crowd sat down as the man had instructed. There were about five thousand individuals present. Then the man took the bread that had been taken from the little boy. He gave thanks and, asked his aides to distribute the bread to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All five thousand individuals ate as much as they wanted. When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his aides, “Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted.” His adios did exactly as he told them to do. They went to work gathering all the leftovers and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves. The crowd suddenly realized that God was at work among them in what the man had just done. They started saying good things about him. The man saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself.

What an illustration of creative wisdom at work to bring a solution to a food shortage crisis. You see great leaders, groups and individual can exercise creative wisdom at the spur of the moment. In this scenario, the man who was able to give a little bread and fish to several thousand individuals knew exactly what he was going. He had personal insight on how to make this thing work. He exercise creative wisdom, did his thing and the food multiplied. He was able to feed all five thousand individuals with leftovers after they had eaten. Notice what he also did. He organized the crow of five thousand and asked them to seat down. This is a demonstration of how creative wisdom works. There is often a situation, a limitation or lack of sufficient resources, a courageous individual who figures out internally what to do with the lack of resources and limitation and an execution of the resources to meet the current need creatively by that individual. Most times after an operation of creative wisdom, there are not only resources adequate to meet the current need but leftovers and surpluses that can be used at a future time.

I have arrived at the keen realization that great leaders are also great listeners. The man in illustration first spoke about the pressing need to feed five thousand individuals who had invited themselves to follow him without his invitation. In modern times we will be quick to label this as a crisis. But see how he handled the situation. He asked his aides relevant questions and listened to his aides about the various resources available. He also made the connections, comparisons and analogies and personally uncovered hidden things about the whole situation without saying a word to any of his aides. He finally executed based on his internal, personal insight and conviction and the food shortage problem was taken care of. He started with the art of listening and asking the relevant questions, connecting the dots. This though simple was a profound act that put him on the frequency of operating in creative wisdom.

My message today is a simple one all individuals and leaders desirous of operating in creative wisdom should – settle down and listen more. The best leaders are proactive, strategic, and intuitive listeners. They recognize knowledge and wisdom are not gained by simply talking or reading, but by listening.

I know of a surety that creativity is often a compelling or attractive lifestyle or state of being that everyone admires. Operating in Creative Wisdom takes it further. It is a practical sustainable lifestyle where an individual or group engages in consistent lifestyle that promotes and exemplifies creativity, generated by acts of wisdom. The anatomy of Creative Wisdom is simply an exploration of the structure and relationship between creativity and wisdom. The chapters of this book simplify and present creative wisdom as not only a lifestyle but as a tool for creating an internal sustainable atmosphere of wisdom and creativity through the art of reading and listening. Because listening is a valuable art of creative wisdom practitioner’s life-giving confessions, declarations and affirmations based on the established principles of the creator’s manual making creativity and wisdom accessible to every individual who has access to this work. There's no better source for both practical and spiritual wisdom than the time-tested knowledge found in the power of creative wisdom.