CreativityandyourlifeWiththerapiddevelopmentofhightechnology,creativityisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantinmodernlife.Butmanypeoplemaywonderwhatiscreativity?BeforeIgiveyoutheanswer,Iwanttoaskyouaquestion:ifyouseeanapplewhatcanyouderivefromit.WillitremindsyouofAdam,orNewton,orSteveJobs,orjustafruittoeat?Haveyoueverconsideredthemagicof"Apple?"Itrepresentsthehistoryofhumanbeings.WhenAdamatetheforbiddenfruitintheEden,humanbeingshavetomaketheirlivingontheirown,withtheirhands,withtheirminds,andwiththeirwills.Andtimeflies,peoplelivedtheirpeacefullifeforcenturiesandcenturiesandcenturies,untilonedayaboywholiedunderanappletreeanddiscoveredtheastonishingNewton'sLaw.ThelawshockedthewholeworldforitisanexcellentbreakthroughinthehumanhistoryandallowspeopletoexploretheGreatNature.AfterwhatNewtonhaddonetotheworld,another"Apple"comesout.Whenmostofusdidn'tevengiveathoughtthatpersonalcomputercancomeintoourdailylife,SteveJobsestablishedtheApplecompany.AndnownearlyeverybodywantanApple.AlloftheseIhavementionedarecalledcreativity.TheOxfordDictionarydefinestheword"creativity"as"theuseoftheimaginationororiginalideas,especiallyintheproductionofanartisticwork."Andpeople'sviewsoncreativityarevariesfromindividualtoindividual.ThewriterOscarWildeexplains,"theimaginationimitates.Itisthecriticalspiritthatcreates."WhileJonahLehrersaysthatcreativityisasortof"flashesofknowledge"thatcometousfromunexpectedly.AsfarasIamconcerned,creativitycomesfromourdailylife,basedonthecombinationofcarefulobservationoflifeandtheimitationofsomedetailsyousawbefore.Andcreativityiseverywhereandeveryoneintheworldcancomeupwithcreativeideas.JustastheidealisticagendasetforthbytheUnitedStatesFoundingFathers----thatallmenarecreatedequalandareendowedwithcertaininalienablerights.Nomatterwhoweare,whatwearedoing,orwherewearedoingit,wecancomeupwithcreativeideas.IcanstillrememberhowdelightfulIwaswhenthefirsttimeIusedcreativitytosolveaproblem.Iwasattheageoftenandmyparentssentmetoaboardingschool.Maybeitishardforotherpeopletoimaginehowfrust