When I was younger, I would fill in the paint bubbles.
Now, that I've discovered the Internet, I've gotten swept up in the wave of nostalgia that 90s kids seem to be going through now. Not too long ago, I saw a post online that asked, "Did you ever open Paint, draw a bunch of lines and fill in the bubbles?"
I realized that I wasn't the only person who did this. What I thought was a wholly original idea was actually a logical action that thousands, maybe even millions, of other kids did.
Then I grew up and realized every 90s kid did that. Like, all of them.
Finding out things like this make you question yourself. Sure, it's one thing to see posts about how you constantly lost your scrunchies. But to see that you used a program that was supposedly going to unleash your creativity the same way everyone else did--it makes you feel less creative. Less unique.
It's easy to get discouraged when other people have similar ideas, especially when you're creative or when your livelihood depends on creativity. But maybe you don't need a lot of original ideas to be happy with yourself. Maybe you just need one.
The thing is finding that one idea while keeping in mind that you share experiences with others simply because you're human and there's something beautiful about that. As a professor of mine once said, "There are no new stories; just new ways to tell them." We're all constantly sharing stories because we all experience the same things so it makes sense that we occasionally think the same thoughts or feel the same emotions as others.
Once you think of it, it's a banal concept and we see it everywhere. But it's still worth thinking about and writing about.
Finding out things like this make you question yourself. Sure, it's one thing to see posts about how you constantly lost your scrunchies. But to see that you used a program that was supposedly going to unleash your creativity the same way everyone else did--it makes you feel less creative. Less unique.
It's easy to get discouraged when other people have similar ideas, especially when you're creative or when your livelihood depends on creativity. But maybe you don't need a lot of original ideas to be happy with yourself. Maybe you just need one.
The thing is finding that one idea while keeping in mind that you share experiences with others simply because you're human and there's something beautiful about that. As a professor of mine once said, "There are no new stories; just new ways to tell them." We're all constantly sharing stories because we all experience the same things so it makes sense that we occasionally think the same thoughts or feel the same emotions as others.
Once you think of it, it's a banal concept and we see it everywhere. But it's still worth thinking about and writing about.
So the enchantment is this: We can be the same and different at the same time.
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