Exploring Your Creative Genius: Episode 127
Last week’s show was me telling stories. Some were true, others were fables, so let’s focus in a fables for a bit.
Fables are stories that distill complex truths into simple, memorable narratives. By using animals or everyday objects as characters, they bypass moralizing and allow listeners or readers to uncover lessons organically. Their power lies in their economy of words, vivid imagery, and universal applicability.
Aesop’s fables, in particular, demonstrate how storytelling can shape behavior, critique society, and spark imagination. Their brevity means they’re accessible, their layered meanings invite rumination. Fables inspire writers, educators, and leaders to communicate ideas in ways that resonate across cultures and generations.
One of my favorite Aesop fable is ‘The Crow and the Pitcher.” It tells of the crow whose beak wasn’t long enough to drink the water at the bottom of a pitcher. The crow dropped stones one at a time into the pitcher, raising the water level so it could drink. The lesson is ‘Necessity is the Mother of Invention’; needing to solve a problem demands we consider even unorthodox solutions. Even cooler? We’ve observed real-life crows doing exactly this, solving problems that could easily perplex a person who isn’t thinking around the right corners!
“Exploring Your Creative Genius” takes an expansive view on what it means to be creative and entrepreneurial in an ongoing conversation led by Carl Nordgren — entrepreneur, novelist, and lifelong student with decades of experience growing his own creative capacity and assisting others to do the same in exciting new ways!
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