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To be creative you must pay attention to the world around you. Creativity is born out of an interest in life and other people. Turn your gaze outward. Search out the telling detail, ready for the moment the mask drops and the truth is revealed.
People watching is a favourite inspiration, but sometimes depressing. You see individuals locked inside their own bubbles, insulated from life by mobiles and earphones, fleeing the inner void through social networks built from empty bytes. Our globalised information webs look interconnected, but how many of those connections are genuine?
People watching is a favourite inspiration, but sometimes depressing. You see individuals locked inside their own bubbles, insulated from life by mobiles and earphones, fleeing the inner void through social networks built from empty bytes. Our globalised information webs look interconnected, but how many of those connections are genuine?
The socially networked
gaze isn’t interested in the world. It is solipsistic – narcissism substituted
for love. Round and round we go with ever increasing fragmentation. No real
growth. No real change. Just distraction and boredom.
True introversion
reveals the world reflected inside. The outer and inner mirror each other.
To be creative means
not turning away from reality, inner or outer.
Don’t be afraid to
really look at the world – it can be a scary as well as a magnificent place.
You must be able to stand what you see.
When creating, it’s
not enough to simply hold up a mirror to reality – how will people know what
you are trying to say if they’re not really looking in the first place?
Real vision comes from
this willingness to hold reality in your gaze, no matter what is revealed, and
seek out the shape of events before they unfold. In this way your creativity can
reveal a way through the madness back to the heart of a life worth living.
What do you see when
you look at the world? Share your vision below… Next time: Learning
First posted here: http://jessicadavidson.co.uk/2014/05/07/living-creatively-in-a-mad-world-looking/
