You can’t paint, dance, act, write poetry or play music. Luckily, you don’t have to be creative to be creative. Because what you can do is solve problems. Take small details and weld them together into answers. You do this by being creative. Not by practising art. And we are … Read More
Ingrid Lotter has created a remarkable piece of art as an interpretation of the poem, ‘Personal Freedom.’ As an artist, Ingrid works with a wide range of mediums, creating work that is sometimes practical and sometimes purely aesthetic. For this poetry collab, she has produced a graphic work including paint, … Read More
The way we live our lives in the West is untenable, unsustainable and unethical. To enjoy the benefits of a multitude of cheap goods and food, somewhere in the world there have to be people working for next to nothing. … Read More
You like the idea of supporting work by a new and independent writer but are not sure how to do that. Here’s a way!… Read More
Technology is just as much a product of the human creative instinct as art. It is possibly more collective, more commercial and more practical, but it is no less creative. … Read More
I just want to help people be more creative. There’s a massive need for it and every second article I read about skills claims it is the top skill in demand for the future. But if I use the word creativity, everyone’s brains default to thinking about Art. Art is … Read More
As a society, we have the idea of creativity all wrong. It sits in a box labelled “ART” and sensible people know they shouldn’t got there. But we forget being children, we ignore that every problem you solve, everything you adapt, is utilising creativity… everyday creativity. How do we get … Read More
To overcome being creatively blocked, we need to overcome the cultural romanticisation of the creative act. We need to stop thinking in terms of genius outliers like Bill Gates, Michelangelo, Jim Hendrix and TS Elliot. We need to start turning on the rational mind to see what binds and unites … Read More
A lot of people around me are very busy with creating things: companies, new lives, music, books, art, apps, business models and even children. It’s a powerful reminder of how all-pervasive creativity is AND how unrecognised it mostly is. Very few of the people mentioned above view themselves as creatives, … Read More
Today’s perspective on creativity and creative process comes from Jon-Pat Myers. Jon-Pat is a South African born sculptor with an international reputation and more than one arrow in his quiver. Jon-Pat’s creative career began in the early 80’s when he was part of the Johannesburg punk band, Toxic Sox. He … Read More
