Hughes and Pearce

Hughes says, "For creativity is an important, perhaps the most important, form of communication"(64). I never realized how much creativity is used to communicate. Everywhere there are movies, books, poems, advertisements, and so many other forms of communication that all relay an important an message. They all cause some type of emotion and a reaction, which varies from one person to another. Pearce seems to suggest that communication has changed, because society is so heavily reliant on technology. The world we used to live in and the one we live in now are like two separate worlds. Pearce states, "So we interpret ourselves as clever animals who, having found a hole in zoo's fence, have wandered into alian territory. Unable to deny our physical inheritance from the past we have become overly fascinated with it. . ." (134). I think it is interesting that humans are so different from previous generations, when they are really the same. I'm not sure if that is correct, but that is what I understood. Humans have come a long way, but there is still A LOT that we cannot make sense of. Creativity and communication all change with time. Some people seek change and some people resist it, but society still says what creativity is. By trying to understand ourselves in the past, we can better understand ourselves now. I think from all the materials and technology in the world humans are losing their identity. Our society is kind of like a child that is losing the mystery and the connection to altered states of consciousness. However, Pearce seems to remind the reader that the world is full of possibilities, and it is not too late.