The word “creative” always makes me little nervous.

Be creative!

Be original!

Be the only one!

Should I really be that unique….?

It makes me tired, too.

Last year, I watched a Japanese animated movie called “In this Corner of the World” which is a story of a young Japanese lady under the World War II.

(By the way, this movie means me a lot. As the main character is exactly the same age as my grand motherer, I cannot stop thinking that how this lady would feel if her grand children married to an American…?)

Her everyday life is so far, far away from what we, Japanese, have now.

She does her best to make her and her family’s life little better with whatever she could get.

I have been wondering why I am so drawn into this movie, and finally understand that I am fascinated to her attitude of being creative under that difficult situation.

To do all kinds of things to make her life little better.

To make life little better with a little tiny twist.

What she does in this movie is definitely “creative” work.

Well, I know, there are always discussions about “if one can be really original”, or “you cannot create anything new”… etc.

But I don’t care.

Being creative with what you already has, and change you and someone’s world little better.

It is also changing world itself in one way.