Square Pegs of Gratitude.
For several years I have included a question in my creativity research that asks “Do you often feel like a square peg in a round hole?” Participants who score high on the Creative Achievement Questionnaire have answered “yes” significantly more often than those who have low scores in creative achievement. In fact, one participant—a Hollywood screenwriter—answered “no” but then wrote below the question: “I don’t feel like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. I feel like an octagonal peg with conical appendages.”
The good news is that the plight of square pegs may be improving.....
Square pegs (and octagonal pegs with conical appendages) no longer have to work so hard at fitting in. It is high time. Indeed, we all owe a deep debt of gratitude to those whose creative work has been accomplished at the expense of square-peg feelings of alienation and ostracism. The creative efforts of eccentrics add richness, beauty and innovation to the lives of those of us who have fit somewhat more comfortably into our round holes. An excerpt of The Unleashed Mind: Why Creative People Are Eccentric by Shelly Carson
Thank you Sylvia. Thank you Martin. Thank you Maya. Thank you Toni. Thank you Cesar. Thank you Sinead. Thank you Paulo. Thank you Athualpa. Thank you Ruminahui. Thank you Rumi. Thank you lover.
