tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post2407343032546278047..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: Exercises in CreativityChester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-66944874179951501892009-05-10T15:10:00.000-05:002009-05-10T15:10:00.000-05:00As humans, one of our basic creative urges is the ...As humans, one of our basic creative urges is the analysis. We choose to analyze everything about us. And one of the things we find most fascinating to analyze is creativity itself. My basic definition of creativity is making something where there was nothing. When you talk about it in relation to artists and writers and musicians, however, the subject can become quite esoteric in its twists and turns. Simply put, it's a function of the writer's vision, how he or she describes what they see in the world around them, from physical objects to emotions to motivations. It's all, as the cliche goes, grist for the writer's mill. I suppose the mill is where creativity lurks.Chester Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-71822356491139132142009-05-08T10:37:00.000-05:002009-05-08T10:37:00.000-05:00You're right about flavor, Bill, but a plate fille...You're right about flavor, Bill, but a plate filled with monocromatic food kills my appetite. I do agree that separating ourselves from the process and standing back to observe and comment rather than create is more like journalism than fiction.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-4884286911841136242009-05-08T10:21:00.000-05:002009-05-08T10:21:00.000-05:00Fascinating thoughts, Jean. Creativity’s such a hu...Fascinating thoughts, Jean. Creativity’s such a huge subject that any approach to or definition of it has a good chance to be valid. I accept all Aronie’s comments but it’s your own thoughts on the creativity of florists, plumbers et al that strike a chord with me. Whenever we use words such as soul, refinement, sensibility, inspiration, we’re separating ourselves from the process, becoming observers of and commentators on creativity rather than creators. Aronie seems to want to allow the process to be more all-enveloping, as it should be. Anything that helps us to move away from the dead hand of routine (and from clichés such as ‘the dead hand of routine’) is creative.<br /><br />For most kids, creativity is like breathing – they can’t help doing it. So before ‘artists’ set themselves up on some elevated plane, they should maybe try some of the housework you mention. It’ll keep them grounded and make them better artists.<br /><br />One thing – I can’t agree about chefs. I know they create amazing visual experiences on their plates nowadays, but I’d still prefer them to concentrate on flavours. I don’t want a presentation, I want food.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.com