Saturday, August 29, 2009

Imagination is something more valuable than a platinum plated platypus. It is only limited by the confines of closed-mindedness. Imagination a powerful tool we carry with us all of the time. Sometimes we ignore it. Sometimes we let it flourish. It is like a flower in the darkness and the moment light is showered upon it, it blooms into something unique, complex, delicate, and often times very beautiful.

Creativity is the noun which imagination manifests. Create is the verb which imagination generates. It is a byproduct. Creativity is sometimes something very tangible like a piece of music of a painting on the wall. Other times it the processing of an idea in our heads. The spectrum of creativity offers a wide array of possibilities. It's truest characteristic is simply the lack of idleness.

Culture is an easily accessible byproduct of the prior two. Culture, however, is still just a grouping of ideas that a group of people follow. Culture can be both beautiful and ugly at the same time. To one person it may make perfect sense and completely confuse or infuriate the person standing two feet away from the first.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Artsy

this came to mind on my walk home from my Perceiving the Arts class today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yIyLXALChY