Creativity, not chaos

By:  April 30, 2016 Categories: 

All of the universe’s infinite beauty, is created from only three primary colours on the palette, from only twelve notes on the musical scale, from only twenty-six letters in the alphabet, and from only one-hundred-and-eighteen chemical elements.

The point is that creativity doesn’t stifle from basic structures: it thrives from a set of parameters in which it can function.

If the tools aren’t there, ideas can’t develop, and without a purpose, there’s no measurement. And so ideas remain what they are: ideas.

People want to unleash their creativity and add to all the universe’s beauty.
Give them a palette, and more importantly: a canvas.

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