cliche=touche
Most of my creative energy in the past had been reserved for things I labeled productive. If I made something considered artistic it was because it was for someone else. As a gift, my creation had purpose. I even became a web/graphic designer to put my creativity into a productive arena. I figured I could turn my creative desires into something useful.
Well, the joke is on me.
By boxing my creative energy into something useful I've become the cliche I always wanted to avoid. The tortured artist. Touche!
Turns out that's who I've always been. I have an ability to create art. Why would I shame myself for such? Silly me. I mean, it's incredibly empowering for me to think of creative expression without worrying about whether the result will have purpose.
Exciting!
Well, the joke is on me.
By boxing my creative energy into something useful I've become the cliche I always wanted to avoid. The tortured artist. Touche!
Turns out that's who I've always been. I have an ability to create art. Why would I shame myself for such? Silly me. I mean, it's incredibly empowering for me to think of creative expression without worrying about whether the result will have purpose.
Exciting!
posted by Creatrix (aka Jennifer) at 3:51 PM
4 Comments:
Mmm, yes. Product is often at odds with productivity. I usually find that the only result of trying to be useful is that I start to see things I love to do as chores, and that's no fun at all.
Good to hear your voice - and saying more interesting things. I sometimes (often these days) feel that my creativity is 'used' by others for purposes that are a travesty of my intent. We all have to earn a living but the necessity to reduce creation to product starts to feel like a steel trap after a while. Like you, I wonder if it would be possible to just create for the sake of celebration of all things dark and light. It's a road that draws me but my family also need to eat. Conflicted.
Product can indeed be a trap. Next thing you know you're a factory, cranking out items, meeting quotas.
It is difficult to bridge that gap between creative freedom and a secure livelihood. Sort of a razor's edge at best.
oh yes ... i agree w/ yukino. creating to be productive can become work. i find that w/ my jewelry. but i have no problem getting distracted!
go be creative ... i've come to the conclusion that it is necessary for the human being to create in whatever form it takes.
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