so they say...

What are these "creative" types wandering around presenting us with new ideas and colors and textures to our beings that we didn't ask for? 

How are we to react to this explosion of our normal behavior?
Do we pause and listen and look? 

Or do we run away?

It is not our normal! It is different!

But it is interesting and the fascination draws us closer.

It is our human behavior to discover new things.

So journey on into the unknown.

enjoy.

Feed Your Passion

What is your passion?

Have you ever tried to figure it out?

Music? Art? Crafts? Writing? .....

You may be working at a job that is just a job. Employment bringing in a paycheck. These are necessary decisions for survival, but there is a passion down deep inside that makes YOU what you are.

So make time to feed your passion.

Perhaps take a sketch pad to lunch and make a few pencil scratches while have a conversation.

Take a minute on the bus to jot down some phrases that have caught your ear during the day.

Set aside an hour to depart from the everyday worries to venture into a world of sound and color.

Be sure to tell others that is not about them, it is about YOU.


Everyone needs some time to feed your passion.

Be Creative

That sounds easy but where does it come from?

Each of us have thought patterns swirling in our heads, but we don't know what to do with them.

Some become mathematicians combining numbers into formulas which create new solutions.

Some become writers finding a pattern of words that excite our visions.

Some become painters splashing color into a pallet from their dreams for us to share.

but when put on a deadline to be creative?

No one can assign time or space for creativity. It comes when it wants to.

Maybe in the middle of the night in a dream or on a walk or perhaps while watching the rain.

The rain might just be the usual summer refreshment, but it can spark a thought or a notion that can lead to a story or vision or song.

Water falling from the sky into puddles increasing with intensity until like a symphony crashes into a crescendo of thunder the the blinding flash of lightning more intense than any light show.

So close your eyes during the next rain and see what you find.

Selling Yourself

When you go to a market or a retail establishment, there are signs and displays directing your eyes to products that they wish to sell.

The same process has to be realized by an artist.

Every painting, dance, song, creation must be present to a public which may not understand the thought process that created it.

So to introduce your audience establish a comfort zone for them to observe and learn to appreciate the effort.

Teach the viewer techniques, processes, and experimentation to accomplish the final resolve.

With this information, the audience can make an informed decision on whether they approve or not the outcome.

And also understand, it is not personal. Learn from the feedback and continue.

Sorry

I've been away for awhile. Forgot my password and changed my email and was just too busy with another blog "Just Another Life".

But enough about me. Back to being creative.

I've been writing all kinds of stuff and even wrote a few songs, but have not put much media on paper. Can't seem to find the motivation.

And this week doesn't look much better. Hundred plus degrees makes working with ink and paint and paper a little difficult. Always wiping and waiting for it to dry.

Besides, working in impressive heat is only good if it is real messy. Lots of room to throw things around and not care. Heat draws you out while cold draws you in.

Still the ideas flow and a catch phrase or light movement burns it's way into the gray mass and will remain until the time is right.

and when the time it right, create.

Stealing

A wise sage once told me, “There are only four really creative people in the world. They live in a bomb shelter out west. They create the original ideas and WE all steal from them.”

It may seem silly, but it is partially true.

Before you sign your name to a creative work, remember the influences that got you there.

Everything we see, hear, touch, we take into our minds and rearrange into a personal reference. A color, a sound, a phrase can stick in our minds eye, and if memorable enough, will be repeated sometime later in OUR own work.

There are only so many musical notes and so many words and so many colors, but how we arrange them, is our creative challenge.

So remember the eighth commandant and footnote your next creation.

Lost in being Creative

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Shannon (the secretary) has lost her cat and has asked David (the graphic designer) to help with a lost poster. This is their email correspondence... Read from TOP to BOTTOM From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am To: David Subject: Poster Hi I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not too busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon. This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number. Thanks Shan. From:David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am To: Shannon Subject: Re: Poster Dear Shannon, That is shocking news. Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy. Regards, David. From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am To: David Subject: Re: Re: Poster yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Poster Dear Shannon, I never said I don't like cats. Attached poster as requested. Regards, David. From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small? From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster Dear Shannon, It's a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space. Regards, David. From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster Dear Shannon, Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions. Regards, David. From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say Lost. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster yeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am To: Shannon Subject: Awww Dear Shannon, I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter. I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions. Regards, David. From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am To: David Subject: Re: Awww Thats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Awww I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?" you can politely dec lin e and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill. Regards, David. From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Awww Please just use the photo I gave you. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww I didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.51pm To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww Can you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it. From: David Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.56pm To: Shannon Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww From: Shannon Date: Monday 21 June 2010 1.03pm To: David Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww Fine. That will have to do.