I was thinking the other day
and I thought of palm trees
Then I thought
What if hypothetical me, having thought of palm trees, gets a baby tree and plants it?
Hypothetical me would have brought this concept into existence
I would not have been the first to do so
But still
It was my idea
It was my work
It was my palm tree
I would probably name it Volar
Hypothetical me could say
I invented palm trees
well
a palm tree
let me explain
I’m not caught up in the illusion that I created palm trees and can create other things
As cool as that is
Creation and invention are very different animals
Unless you named your two bull dogs Creation and Invention
which, in that case, I think you might have a bit of a hubris problem
and weird taste in pet names…
Regardless, concepts are not animals
Today, the act of creation is virtually non-existent
That is, within the observable universe
No one is making planets out of nothing
or anything like that
Because for creation to be possible, there must first be void
Creation is the act of making something original and putting it into empty space – full of nothing – cause it’s empty
It’s really not even an act though
It’s a verb
But it’s more of a thought
In Genesis, God just spoke
Athena just sprang from Zeus’ head
Thought, not action
Creation makes a new reality
Creation stems from thought
Thought forms reality
Wow…
That was profound
Also not where I thought this article was going
which is a paradox, because I had dueling thoughts, but one, specific reality was formed
Where did the other realities from my head go?
Wow
Off track
The point is
Invention is not creation
Invention is more discovery
You can’t discover nothing, and nothing is what is necessary for creation to take place
Thus I prove my point
Analyzing the etymology of the English word, invention, will further demonstrate my argument
The verb, invenio, is not about creating and contriving
It’s about coming upon something
Finding something in something
Not adding something to nothing
Long story short
If you’re ever discouraged
Remember
You can invent palm trees too
The Wise Ry Guy 