Creative Purpose

All our lives are measured in defining moments. The creative process is a way of pulling such moments out of the daily melee in which they can be so easily lost, and highlighting them, polishing them, bringing out their facets, reviewing their impact. In this way creativity becomes a cathartic process. We can see the point of view of those we do not naturally identify with, as their motivations and assumptions are laid bare. We can understand our own prejudices and inconsistencies when they are portrayed by a character in a book. As we live the lives in the pages, their joys, sorrows, trials, failures and triumphs help us to deal with our own. That is why works of art, books, music, sculpture can evoke such strong emotions in us. They speak to our core, to the "human condition", touching beyond reason to the heart. This heart connection with art (and with creation) is a beautiful gift. Writers, artists, creative people of all kinds, have potential to touch hearts and lives with truth. That is the purpose of all creativity.