Blog about Intellect and Creativity.

Thich Nhat Hahn's poem, Being Peace, is a very creative and true poem.  Hahn says that in a piece of paper, there exists everything and nothing.  There exists a cloud, trees, sunlight, the sky, etc.  Hahn seems to be taking intellect to a whole new creative stage.  Hahn has come to the intellectual conclusion that everything runs in a cycle of circle, so everything is connected to everything else.  So that must mean in one sheet of people, there exists emptiness.  Which is the creative sense of the word, is everything one can think of.
"The Avatamsaka Sutra tells us that you cannot point to one thing that does not have a relationship with this sheet of paper. So we say, “A sheet of paper is made of non-paper elements.” A cloud is a non-paper element. The forest is a non-paper element. Sunshine is a non-paper element. The paper is made of all the non-paper elements to the extent that if we return the non-paper elements to their sources, the cloud to the sky, the sunshine to the sun, the logger to his father, the paper is empty. Empty of what? Empty of a separate self. It has been made by all the non-self elements, non-paper elements, and if all these non-paper elements are taken out, it is truly empty, empty of an independent self. Empty, in this sense, means that the paper is full of everything, the entire cosmos. The presence of this tiny sheet of paper proves the presence of the whole cosmos." (Being Peace)

What the site,  Meeting Macomber: Remixing Intellect and Creativity, had to say about Macomber's work really reminded me a lot of the arts, specifically acting.  It is said that Macomber "appeared to be moving about the world in those days as a kind of "column of air". Everything about him: his music, his beliefs, his aspirations, his everyday life, the way he dressed, it was completely aligned, completely undifferentiated, completely pulled into an absolute vertical in his speech and breath."
  Creativity is at its best when everything is aligned and synchronize, and that can only be done correctly with intellect.

"Engage in creative work intelligently, and engage in intellectual work creatively." (Media Studies: A field guide)

Very true and inspiring words to live by.  Creativity and Intellect are virtual useful without the other one on board.  Its necessary to being thinking intellectually while being creative in a certain topic, for example acting or photography.  One must think of how others will perceive a certain character or photograph, so that it can be intriguing and desirable to look at.
But it is also necessary to be thinking creatively while being engaged in a intellectual topic, for example writing and essay for an English class.  One must personalize and put together a unique, creative paper for it be to solid.  A paper with no creativity and just facts and intellect thrown on a page is just boring.