I’ve had many ups & downs on my own wayward path toward creative nirvana.
One thing I’ve learned: The greatest barrier to creative fulfillment is our own self-doubt. Those who fail to challenge their own limiting beliefs are bound to go in circles.
It’s a recurring theme in my personal and professional growth, but writing about it is a new adventure for me. Fair warning, as a nonlinear thinker who got C’s in writing class, this blaugh may end up reading more like James Joyce than Dale Carnegie. I’m taking a calculated risk. A leap of faith.
I’ll do my best to keep it interesting.
I expect I have about three categories of blaughs somewhere in the depths of my mind.
- Sharing ideas to expand imagination, awareness, and creative resilience.
- Sharing lessons learned from my career(s) in design, so that those who come after may become better designers, and better advocates for quality of design for humans.
- Sharing some of my personal experiences, to invite you, dear reader, along my own journey of creative self-discovery.
For starters, here are a few of my core beliefs about art and creativity.
- The aesthetics of our lived environment affect us all, in subtle and profound ways
- Art plays a vital role in personal growth, interpersonal connections, and mental health
- People are happier and more at peace when they express themselves through creativity
- Observers of art are active collaborators who amplify and enhance the work
- Art is a state of being and doing, not a work product; art does not have to be art
- Creative work is not mere play, it activates vitality, inspiration, empathy and joy
- All forms of art arise from the same creative source, which lives in every human heart
- Being deprived the right to creative self expression is an existential threat.