Rusenova

This week, we discussed the multifaceted face of imagination. Also, the many implicated words that come along with imagination. Among these being thought, knowledge, creativity, understanding, and intuition. We discussed where these words begun and and where they ended. Many believed the start or source from which all these terms sprung was thought. Thought being the basis of everything because what you need to think and to create thought is a brain. You do not need much else. It is extremely interesting to think about where we begin our creative thought. Where it is we begin to be able to be philosophical and ruminate on subjects such as art and life and the human position. I believe, however, that all these words and ideas such as imagination and knowledge and creativity are all human constructs. This is not to say I do not think we have these abilities or the capacity to be creative or knowledgeable, it is to say that we are the only ones who feel we should place a word and definition on them so to make us feel we are the only animals who possess them. But who is to say that no other animal has these qualities in the same degree as we do but has not the means or the words to express them. Even crows have the creativity to add rocks to a container of water to raise the water level so they are able to drink. This is more than most humans (haha). In my opinion, the most humans have over other animals is spoken language, record, and egos and this serves us in one way, dominating the other species and the world. In our eyes, this is our world and everything in it is here for our taking when this is not the case. All these human constructs have caused us to lose sight of what we really are, animals, living in this fragile world. When will we realize this, when we are on the edge of destruction?