tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post6100507269158629919..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: creativity and co-creationjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-52039658759033331392013-10-17T08:11:50.198+02:002013-10-17T08:11:50.198+02:00@spilling ink I think what @veronica says is true....@spilling ink I think what @veronica says is true...what makes sense to one person at a given moment might not speak to another. it's great that brené's talk spoke to you (and a whole lot of other people)! I think it can also be true of the books in the Salon article - bits of them speak to all of us. it's why they sell like hot cakes! we're all looking for the way that's right for us and we piece it together from all these different elements into our lives. if Brené helped you do that, excellent!julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-6426304871366566912013-10-17T03:28:18.819+02:002013-10-17T03:28:18.819+02:00Oddly enough I was listening to TED talks when I o...Oddly enough I was listening to TED talks when I opened your post.....even more oddly it was a Brené talk that seriously changed my ability to think differently about my domestic violence past. Spilling Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427671883940188334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-14783415928929820812013-10-16T19:51:00.408+02:002013-10-16T19:51:00.408+02:00I understand the tried and true process of instruc...I understand the tried and true process of instruction (info on how to do something or exploring the history of whatever is an influence or showing and reviewing other work for stimulus and inspiration) but I have no experience w/ self-help stuff. I’ve watched a few Ted’s and I find motivational talks something akin to story telling or how priest in pulpits dispense their ‘word’ ... this methodology can be interesting as entertainment but it usually is just someone’s op ed - which is ok but....<br /><br />Lectures, on the other hand, are usually based on discovered information, new processes and objective realizations - the info is transferable and adaptable ... but it also can mean the listener has to have some previous info or experience to grasp the lecture.<br /><br />The idea of co-creating sounds a bit like committee work. For me, it's cool it sit down w/ a peer and talk about art (or creative ideas) but rarely, if ever, do I suggest what I think the other person should/could do ... that's discovery for them to make or reject.<br /><br />Having said that, it’s obvious the world of today stresses communal thinking ... schools want students in various clusters, large companies are committee meeting obsessed and then there’s Facebook, Twitter, etc ... all hive-like and all super popular. <br /><br />Ironically, many of the artist that I know don’t do social media ... and I remember something John Lennon once said when asked what music he listens to ... he replied, “My own”.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-23386211757411769482013-10-16T16:20:33.705+02:002013-10-16T16:20:33.705+02:00Somehow, I'm not sure how, but somehow art, bu...Somehow, I'm not sure how, but somehow art, business and creative practice feed off each other. Catherine, R's sister, is a very sought after "facilitator" (Ok whatever that means-she basically leads big corporate people thru a process of discovering why they love or hate what they do). Anyway, she gets paid thousands per session for this, and she brings her Reiki training and her 5 rhythms instructor background plus all sorts of other stuff into it. And she has me lead her in art creative discoveries a few times/yr. where we basically make collages and she feels better about life. OK, I totally don't get it. To me it's just so much woey-woey nonsense. But then, to other's it's worthwhile practice. Having said that, I often ask mentor artists, like Bantock or Robert Genn, who I take occasional workshops, to possibly look at my work and advise me with how I can deepen the art and develop a different, "Veronica" style, and without a doubt they say, "Come back when you've painted your thousands painting." Veronica Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288280932510764014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-57681697609401023672013-10-16T13:35:29.961+02:002013-10-16T13:35:29.961+02:00i'm not sure that i'm even talking about a...i'm not sure that i'm even talking about art here...i think i'm talking about the ways in which business claims they want creativity and unusual thinking, but they really don't. because the Creative Class, who consume all those self-help creative business books, are actually conformists. julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-64673495656647718062013-10-16T11:17:36.197+02:002013-10-16T11:17:36.197+02:00Don't forget a little thing called skill. Not...Don't forget a little thing called skill. Not everyone can turn an idea into a real thing. .. the DNA combo of intrinsic creativity and ability isn't in everyone. Sam Maloof, the gifted craftsman once said he didn't think creativity could be taught - you either have it or you don't. Yes, you can explain elements of creativity but I think I agree with Sam.<br /><br />Yes, good art probably has invisible strings to many other sources ... but the talented artist is a wellspring of surprises because they use ordinary stuff to make art that's magical. Good artists seem to know how to catch lightening in a bottle. willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.com