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Creativity and Me (prose version)

Noted Punjabi poet and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient of 1967, Shiv Kumar Batalvi wrote a poem on love, the first line goes like this: इक   कुड़ी   जिद्दा   नाम   मोहब्बत   है   ,  गूम   है   | (Rabbi Shergill did a beautiful rendition of this poem, you can listen  here ) I feel that creativity has a similar relationship with me. Some of my best inspirations have come in the times of extreme seclusion. Is creativity the girl who is envious of anybody else in your life! Only when I give my complete attention and love she opens her to me. If I am in the company of other people, television, Facebook, internet and other possible competitor she won’t give me even a glimpse of her magic. Otherwise fickle on many occasions she is the epitome of faithfulness if I hold onto her. Therein lies the rub, I have to search for her and impress her once I have found her. Oh, she is difficult to find in all the noise that enshrouds me in t...