Creativity and the Muppets

I didn't really understand when I was 7 that I had already seen true creativity at its greatest. As I grew, I failed to accept that my favorite television show, that even my mom would watch with me, was filled with all things I desired in entertainment...music, comedy, drama, suspense, and even comment from hecklers. Yes, I'm talking about the Muppet Show. This morning on the Today Show I caught a quick glimpse of some of the Muppets, and was instantly brought back to a wonderful time in my own life! The creativity of grown adults making children and adults emote is the goal of many I know, and has only been achieved by some. Why do some of us get graced with creativity and others not? Or do we all get creativity and some of us find a way to have it spill forth. For me in regards to my own creativity, I feel it comes in pockets. It's not necessarily artistic either, even though I wish that it were. In my head I have the ideas and the vision, however, when i bring pen to paper, nothing happens. Is my creativity bound to just ideas? Is the output non artistic and I just haven't found it yet? I wish I knew the answer to this and many other questions. Experssing ourselves in whatever way we have access is creativity, I just wish I knew why I can see artistic creations in my head that I want to create, yet I don't have the ability...ah....sigh...I guess I'll just continue to be a participant and not creator! Happy Day everyone! Oh and a friend passed this on the other day...check this out if you enjoyed the Muppets too-- Make your own Muppet!

"I don't know exactly where ideas come from, but when I'm working well ideas just appear. I've heard other people say similar things-so it's one of the ways I know there's help and guidance out there. It's just a matter of figuring out how to receive the ideas or information that are waiting to be heard." ---Jim Henson