Hmmm. It could be the ultimate creative act, but if that’s true, then women are always more creative than men. Think of it this way: one partner supplies half the blueprints. The other partner supplies the other half of the blueprints and does all of the construction work.

And yet, who actually is accredited as being more creative in general?

I’m not sure all artists would agree that children are the ultimate creative act. My great-aunt and mother were composers, singers, dancers, choreographers, and poets. I’m not sure they’d say their body of work are lesser creative acts than their children. My great-aunt is far more remembered for her organizations than her children.

I’d think that re-creating ones own life (as many times as this happens in a lifetime) is quite a creative feat, especially if you’re following who you are instead of the status quo. Hope that makes sense,
Angie

I agree. To create a new life which will create even further.. it’s on par with what God does, or at least that’s how I feel. Creating life is a miracle in itself–and I just had an ‘ah ha!’ moment typing this out. I finally understand why people call childbirth a miracle..

Birthing creates the ability to create? Not just for the birthed to birth. But fir them to build, paint, draw, compose, love, hate, laugh and cry. Bring forth a project from themselves in which even if they never contribute to physical procreation they still birth in emotional, artistic and tangible forms…

I’d have to agree with Annalisa that that’s one of them.

I also think another creative act is how people find a way to transform the greatest of life’s pain and suffering into something manageable, bearable, workable, or even find a way to rest in deep peace within it. This has individual repercussions in addition to potentially regenerating the collective, which could also be considered creative.

Yes, I agree with Annalisa. I have sun in the 5th “creating” a child takes years and years…requires full on dedication, in-depth thinking and feeling, relating at a PhD level and great care. It is difficult but rewarding.

I remember reading in one of your earlier blogs that having planets in the 8th house was responsible for procreation while sex for fun was the 5th house activity. Thus, won’t making a child be an 8th house activity?

What activity (if it’s an activity at all) is a creative act?

To me, creating something new by whichever means is a creative act. The ultimate would be a matter of perspective. The ultimate creative act for me, would be the thought behind the creation, which leads to a creation that is very difficult to be recreated by another. For e.g. in a painting, the ultimate one would be where the person has thought of a theme that is simple, and portrayed accurately, but produces a painting that is very difficult to recreate.

I think Annalisa’s opinion is quite valid and made me think. Hence added some of my thoughts

What about those who can’t–or shouldn’t–have children and don’t?
Can they create something great, too?