Sunday, June 10, 2007

Are you insane?

So often, when someone thinks outside of the societal norm, they are labeled "difficult," "troubled," or even in extreme cases, "insane." In the business world, these people are labeled as "risky." When someone thinks outside of the box, it's often though of the same way... Until they convince people to see their side of things. And then they're thought of as "revolutionary," "ahead of their time," and "visionary."

I once saw an ad, or clip of some kind about a young boy whose class was coloring pictures. His teacher walked up to each student and nodded in approval as she saw each student with the obligatory green-leaves tree, blue sky, green grass and yellow sun drawing. Then she came to another student who had chosen colors of his own liking to paint his picture. Pink sky, purple leaves, blue sun, and other non-traditional colors made up his palette. I don't remember his rationale as he explained it to his disapproving teacher, but I remember it being pretty profound for a 5ish-year-old. This video reminded me of the same...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There is another "image" that says about the same thing. It is a song by Harry Chapin called "Flowers are Red" wherein it talks about how we stifle creativity. The youngster in the movie was misunderstood until someone saw the entire picture. In the song, no one took the time to see any of the picture.

I am attaching a copy of the lyrics.