When done in the right spirit (like the one you suggest), criticism is indispensable. People recognize this and call it “constructive criticism.” The kind of criticism I was singling out was “destructive” criticism; the kind where the critic tears things down for the sake of tearing things down.

So, it’s about intentions here, and I would say that criticism of the constructive variety could even fall under the category of creation, because it desires to take what is, and make something even more beautiful.

After meditating on this blog entry for a second or two, I find myself caught in between these two spheres of existence.

I think that both are essential to staying alive. When the creator is not doing his job right, then the critic steps in and questions the creators motivations. When the critic falls down into a pit of cyclical walls of intolerance, then the creator helps him out with something beautiful. Maybe we are on different wave-lengths or maybe I am off, but I think that they keep each other accountable in a world that is not perfect.

In the perfect world I hope that we will all be perfect creations!

P.S. I hope that didn’t sound to critical…I loved the meditation!