Creativity is the edge lines of a box and outwards. In other words creativity is thinking outside the box. Every second i believe that box is getting bigger and bigger and it is getting harder to think outside the box, but not that hard. You just cant be afraid and limit yourself to the confinements of that box. Now how far you keep heading outwards of that box is how creative you get. Maybe at the end of your finished artwork, only a few, or nobody really understands it. Maybe thats what you're looking for. Maybe you want to just take a step or two outside the box and keep a hold of the audience, maybe you don't, but if you are willing to take even that one step, you are being a creative artist.
Now just because most people do not understand your artwork does not always mean it is creative. It could be a giant lump of turd people tilt their head to try and understand and just get a knot in their neck. Sometimes you will even try hard to be creative and people still think your art is crap, but don't let that stop you, but don't force yourself to be creative, let creativity come to you. Let the weird idea pop in your mind and make yourself laugh or be wowed. If your wowed by an idea, you can most likely have pretty solid work of art.
What is the box? well the box is the standard thinking for most people. The normal state of thinking that results in similar looking works of art. now say there's a rubber band in this box. That's your brain. Thinking creatively might require you to stretch that rubber band outside the penitentiary of the box. It might seem challenging at first but the more you do it the better you will get at it, the stretchier your mind, or rubber band will stretch. Creativity are the thoughts that come out of your head, either in story, picture, painting, drawing, or structural form. It might come out in none of those forms, a thought of your own that doesn't make much sense to people, but it makes sense to you. Outside of the overgrown box, in the widely stretched rubber band.
Martin,
ReplyDeleteI like your emphasis on ideas... especially the weird ones that seem to come from nowhere. The truth is, they do come from somewhere - our experiences. The more you take in, the more you're bound to think and get wild ideas. You hit this point when you write, "don't force yourself to be creative, let creativity come to you."
You focus a lot on making art in this writing. I wonder how else you conceive of creativity existing in the world or in a person?