I know you weren't digging! That wasn't my point at all.
My point is literally that you ARE a creative person, whether or not you've ever considered yourself one. And I know where you're coming from on this, because I spent most of my early adult life thinking of myself as working in the "interpretive" rather than "creative" arts -- I directed plays instead of writing them, edited films instead of writing/shooting them, etc. I'm a graphic *designer*, not a graphic *artist*, etc.
What I realized was that I was creating these artificial boundaries between myself and the idealized goal of "creativity". I could be many things, but I could never be An Artist. I was elevating art and creativity to some sort of unattainable shining thing that made some people better than others.
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Date: 2009-11-09 04:28 pm (UTC)My point is literally that you ARE a creative person, whether or not you've ever considered yourself one. And I know where you're coming from on this, because I spent most of my early adult life thinking of myself as working in the "interpretive" rather than "creative" arts -- I directed plays instead of writing them, edited films instead of writing/shooting them, etc. I'm a graphic *designer*, not a graphic *artist*, etc.
What I realized was that I was creating these artificial boundaries between myself and the idealized goal of "creativity". I could be many things, but I could never be An Artist. I was elevating art and creativity to some sort of unattainable shining thing that made some people better than others.
I'm through with that. I'm an artist. So are you.