by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator                Ireland                        07.06.2025

In what has become an iconic book now, theologian Matthew Fox in “Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet” writes, “Creativity when all is said and done, may be the best thing our species has going for it.”

As a professional communicator, I have read this book a few times and a former me underlined this sentence a long time ago. I want to underline this for you now too because I think in a digital age where we are bombarded with Artificial Intelligence (AI), humans have some ethical issues to consider.

Rather than asking whether AI is right or wrong, good or bad, I have another question I want to ask: “Have we exhausted our own Human Intelligence?” I feel unusually confident in answering this with a resounding, “Eh, no. I don’t think so.”
In Ephesians 2:10 it states, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

Yet, I think when we look at the world, we often see that humans are walking in the shadow of violence, disease, political strife and mental health issues. To a point perhaps where these plights in the world are almost presented as normal, typical or just the way the world is.
What would it take for humans to question this and to ask what “good works” can I do? How can I use my own Human Intelligence to make a difference in the world, or even within my own daily life.

To save you some time, I did some research and here are some ideas that surprised me.
For one thing, most creative people are not one way but are in some ways a contradiction. (That’s a relief to some of us!) They are social but need solitude and quiet. They are good listeners but can communicate. They are capable of being practical but using their imagination. They are realists who are also hopeful.

Another part of embracing our own Human Intelligence is making sure we design our lives in such a way that there is space for our creative side to be cultivated. We are not robots.
· We need some reflection time in prayer or meditation. Allowing moments of self-awareness to emerge.
· We need some unscheduled time to let our minds wander and active the daydreaming part of our brain that leads to innovation.
· We seek creativity in a book, or a film or art or even in other people. Engage with people and places that inspire you to be more.
· Watch out for distractions. People who bring drama or exhaust us need to be minimized and we need to have some free time but not waste our energy.

We are complex but really competent beings. We humans can be brilliant. Let’s focus on what we can do together and see how far Human Intelligence sprinkled with compassion can take us.