Creative Fire

We do not know how, why or even when life began. We do not know how, why or when human life began, or how it evolved from its earliest ancestors to the forms we wear today. We guess at reasons for brown, blue, round and almond eyes – flat, straight or large noses – different hair colours, mouth and lip shapes, ears, languages.

But one thing seems clear. The same creative fire that infused a dead planet with life burns in us. From the earliest times, the desire to create has been a driving force.

Man, said Nobel Laureate Henri Bergson, appeared on earth at the time when weapons and tools were first fashioned.

He also said, “There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.”

I agree. Man first appeared, to my way of thinking, when he made the first mark on a cave wall.