To create something new, something unheard of, one must defy a preexisting rule or discover an entirely new concept that hasn’t been introduced before. We would have never known that the world was round if someone didn’t question the generally accepted principle that it was square. Progress has always been sparked by someone who didn’t settle on the answers that were given to them by higher powers.
I have never been comfortable with the idea that if more people believe something, than it must be true. Let’s say someone wants to learn to become good at fishing. Just because a highly-recommended book I bought at the store states the best way to fish, doesn’t mean there isn’t a better way waiting to be discovered. If everyone followed what books and people said, there would be no progress and we would all become robots doing the same thing, over and over again.
Question everything. No one really knows anything about life. It is a system of information passed on by the people before us and we are taught to believe it. Defy pre-existing ideas and see if you can find a new way to do something. Even if it’s as simple as how you go about cleaning your bathroom or doing your laundry. Try new ways and you might discover that what is generally accepted as true, is actually not.
Everyone thought Abraham Lincoln was president, but Tim Burton has shown us that he is a vampire slayer too.
Defiance is the root to creativity.
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