"Creativity is Born of Necessity"
The other day I was thinking about the phrase "Creativity is born of necessity." As a new mom, I have come to appreciate the phrase for its insight. It makes me wonder whether the phrase was first coined by a mom, or perhaps we just made it popular. Afterall, I've also heard that "Creativity is the mother of invention." So if Necessity is the mother of Creativity, and Creativity is the mother of Invention, then Invention is the granddaughter of Necessity. My question is then, who is the father of creativity and invention?
I'm not sure I can answer that question, and I would even venture to say that there isn't one gentleman that Necessity can point to for sure. Now lets not be too hard on poor Necessity, she's had a hard life and knows what it's like to be without. She was scorned by Resources so we know he's not the father, at least not of Creativity. Perhaps, Ambition knows something about it, or maybe Passion, or quite possibly Industry. Well, until we begin an investigation or do a DNA test we may never know for sure. In the mean time, it's fun to speculate.