Creativity Unnoticed

I posted the first picture, especially, because with just the second picture you will be carried away with a feeling that it is some kind of Paper art or Digitally processed image.

It is actually a Margazhi Kolam in front of some house in my locality. As PK mentions Im struggling to find a word in english that expresses my surprise on seeing this Kolam. It is very easily the best Margazhi Kolam that I ever saw anywhere. I was told by the locality that it was crafted by a lady in that house, and she is well known in the street for her Kolams. Unfortunately she was at work when I was there, so no photograph of her. But great work. She may not read this blog. She might not know that a few hundred people watched her Kolam, worldwide. It is meaningless to appreciate someone in a forum, where that someone isnt an audience of that appreciation. Yet, the artificial behaviors insist that we appreciate her work. Good work.

I've found some people who do certain things with passion. Whenever something is done with passion, the success gives double the pleasure. Particularly in areas of creativity.

But the creativity that is unnoticed, I have questions on that. Whenever I have made something creative, I've put that on my blog. Even one comment would suffice. Two reasons why you may not find too many comments - A) The works are not that creative and B) This blog is not very popular.

If this is the case for me, who has at least some place to showcase my creations, what about people who do not have this kind of an exposure. They would probably have a different audience. Office peers. School mates. Neighbors. Families. Creative minds needs some kind of a pat on the back from time to time. Some honest feedback or atleast criticism. May be Im the only one who thinks that way.

Can creativity survive without appreciation ?