https://www.busybird.com.au/2011/07/creativity/ Tell a good story. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.busybird.com.au/2011/07/creativity/#comment-3 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:50:42 +0000 http://www.busybird.com.au/?p=368#comment-3 Creativity is life’s greatest paradox. Society encourages and ultimately demands that we learn self-discipline at an early age via routine and this chemistry ultimately matures into conformity (or the ‘C’ word as it’s known in creative circles). Creativity is often suppressed by ‘the system’ which results in the creativer becoming confused, lost and eventually depressed.
The lords and masters of our adult life i.e. the employer, circle us as a kelpie surrounding the flock, demanding complete brainwashing obedience until the day of promotion when the sheep must instantly ‘think outside the box’ which is tyrannical latin for ‘be creative’!
Those who choose the creative way of life are branded with prejudicial labels such as ‘drifter’ or ‘non-conformist’ and become instant members of a mythical society known as ‘rent-a-crowd’ whenever they protest against the system’s culture or practices.
TBC…

]]> https://www.busybird.com.au/2011/07/creativity/#comment-2 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:38:05 +0000 http://www.busybird.com.au/?p=368#comment-2 I think part of creativity is a re-interpretation of self. A lot of my characters have me in them. Not wholly. But bits and pieces. Things which have happened to me happen to them. It’s almost a way of working yourself out, unraveling yourself, and making sense from the pieces.

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