Creativity is Survival
Creativity is survival. Creativity is human nature. We forget, I think, that we are all creators, every day, all the time. Any time you do, you create. And we are always doing.
Creation is a cycle. An external force inspires an internal force within us, which is then channeled into an external creation. Something we perceive from beyond our bodies through our senses becomes internalized into energy. Internal energy can be ideas and emotions.
Days of Love and Rage
What is creativity? Creativity is pushing the status quo to the brink of self-destruction…
These are our days of love and rage. A time to expand all of our senses and engulf the ills that stand before us. To tear down the curtains and facades of misdirection and misinformation. To fell the master’s house by all tools necessary.
Dear First Years
High school, work, an extended vacation or otherwise have arrived at a long overdue conclusion. In a few short months, you’ll be embarking on an adventure to previously unexplored territory – university. I’m not here to preach to you about school spirit or what a great choice you’ve made in coming to Laurier; god knows you’ll be getting enough of that during Orientation Week. I’m here to give you a small token of advice, one student to another.
The Business of Creativity
Today I felt inspired. I felt the rush of creative adrenaline course through my thick blue veins and influence my brain and heart. At that point I picked up my lush pink scented marker and began to run it across thick bristol board. What had I written? BAKE SALE! TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! Today, I felt inspired.
Making the Choice to Art
Human beings need art. I believe this to be true. Last fall as federal arts funding was slashed, I was surprised by how visceral my feelings of betrayal were. What I struggled to explain is why; what role does art serve in our beautiful, breaking world? What hunger does it feed in humanity?
Creativity in the Streets
This past summer, I spent some time traveling through Europe. For a month, I visited my family in Italy and traveled the country that my grandparents came from. After that, I backpacked Western Europe before flying to Ireland, where I explored the land that my paternal Grandmother left before coming to Canada.
A Better Story
The phrase “human nature” gets thrown around a lot when discussing how things got this way. When I say “this way,” I’m referring to the violence that underlies most everything this culture does, from killing aboriginal peoples for their land (and the oil under it) to destructive bottom trawler fishing practices to factory farming to industrial pollution and dumping toxins into the water.
Roving for Chisos: A Journey Into
The dogs struggle initially, kicking sand into my face with little productivity, but soon they pull together and the sleigh picks up speed. In no time I am being transported across the granular terrain at about twenty kilometers per hour.
How Strathy Got Her Groove Back
Electro music saved my life.
Seriously.
I used to listen to mellow music almost exclusively. Mellow is a pretty broad descriptor, so to narrow it down a bit, I’m talking about Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Harper, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews Band, The Shins, Damien Rice… not a particular genre, per se, but more of a vibe.
You’re Creative
People sometimes compliment me on things I’ve made or done, and add “I could never do that,” “I wish I could do that,” or “I’m not creative at all.” My advice to the wishers is: don’t say or think you’re not creative. You’re only blocking yourself from the possibility that you actually could partake in creativity.
Any Chimp
“Why do you like her?” she asked
The first thing I thought of was that you were creative
“What does she do or play?” she asked
Well
I resented that question right away because creativity is not just about doing or playing, is it?
