What's New

Creativity, Problem Solving, and Planting the Creative Seed

digital play - trying to portray "What’s new?"

I read an article today about prisoners who in their need for creativity and having no art supplies used coffee, fruit, chocolate etc to impart color - in some cases using their own hair to create a brush.

I have always felt that necessity is a great part of the creative process - improvising, making do, finding another way. Creativity is about problem solving.

For most of us, we have to create some of our own limits to emulate this kind of creativity.  On the other hand - without any exposure like many growing up these days - there aren’t enough crayons for kids to even plant the creative seed.

See Also

• Hair, fruit used by prisoners to create art at Lincoln Center
  about the creation of the art, the artists, and where it is displayed
• Catalogue of art print and cd availability at Outhouse Studios
  above art was created for heading “What’s new!” - it may not stay - but it felt new to me at the time
• The Power of Emotions
  This is the quote which made this feel pertinent:”Emotions Are The “Creative Seed” That Determine Your Experiences In Your Day To Day Life” -Chuck Danes - don’t know the author - read some of site - much seems true - but more interesting that I see this connected - attitude and creativity are also connected