We Dance

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.” Albert Einstein [1]

While the attribution of this quote to Einstein is questionable, the sentiment is wonderful.

In doing, we discover and in discovering, we move forward.

Following a set of artistic rules, chiselled in stone would lead us to be like the others and there is very little point in that.

It is true that we are just a tiny ‘nano fleck’ in the universe, but maybe, if we avoid strict definitions and simply try doing things differently, we might just leave a tiny little mark.

There is very little point in standing still while we are alive.

The exhilaration of using our brains to create something is too good to pass up.

Jason Silva calls it being in a state of cognitive ecstasy; leaving the trivial world behind and transcending the ego; experiencing that ‘neuro storm’ of having created something; a connection to the rest of the world.

He describes it as the sharing of subjectivity and in some way uniting, as space and time warp.

These are the things that inspire and push him and his ‘Shots of Awe’ creative team. [2]

If we dream bigger and reach higher than we think we can, there is a good chance we will outdo ourselves.

We create our limitations, imagined or not, but we also create our dreams.

By Boky & Blake

  1. http://skinnyartist.com/150-amazing-quotes-to-feed-your-creative-soul/
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvi7VLbiMuk&list=PLVqHfkys5pHQraGjrulbIl0FlZkVhoMpZ&index=9