i agree that love and joy bring you closer to the source (creator) which in essence stimulates creativity, but at the same time i believe that the opposite emotions/feelings also bring you closer to the other source (anti-creator?) and alot of artists/writers use this 'negative' force to "create" their art. poetry is a big example of negative emotions helping people write.
one of my latter comix pieces "stop the hate" was inspired by negative ideas but portrayed in an sort of oxymoronic way.
another thing that many artists who use this negative force will say-- is that they are transferring the 'negative' force onto the paper, thus cleansing it from their bodies/minds/spirits.
Picasso drew some of the most amazing art, and some of the most abstract art as well. one of his pieces, i dont quite remember the name ( "devil women" or something like that) was of three irregularly shaped (twisted) evil looking women-- which picasso said he drew to rid his mind of these ugly women who had screwed up his life (he had an STD) and afterwards he stopped having nightmares of them or something.
truly another world, this "creativity" !!
im not really understanding the difference they are saying between "creativity" and "day-by-day creativity" is the latter supposed to mean "going thru the motions" ? if so, i dont think thats creativity. thats mediocracy.
i do agree with the article's statements :
"money does not foster creativity" and neither does deadlines.
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"...i was taken by the hand, from the ocean to the sand..."
nitin sawhney - 'eastern eyes'
