What makes a person creative? Why do we care about creativity at all? And what can I do to unlock my own creativity?
Creativity is a huge buzz word these days. It’s used in businesses and schools to define that personal attribute that will let you be successful.
But I’m more interested in how creativity can be used to make our lives more interesting and full.
I’m facinated with photographing power lines and poles. I love finding a series of lines that follow the natural flow of the land. Or a transmission tower against a blue morning sky. There’s something about the man-made vs nature aspect of electricity transmission that draws me to it. That’s why I was happy to find …
From throngs of angry communists
who longed for Bar-B-Ques
we’ve been gifted something dear
though I’m not sure of its use
A “holiday” devoid of fun
Lacking gifts or songs to sing
ironic that on Labor Day
we sit home and do nothing.
The consequence of
a painting I
observed in a book
is this poem.
With simple strokes it
came to life and
in my mind
set its hook
Light and dark play
havoc with my
sense of depth and
understanding
Can meaning lie in
unplanned lines?
If none is found then
art is maddening
Human vision is amazing. Standing in my kitchen early one morning my eyes picked up the tiny, jerking movement of a very, very small moth. But my first thought was not “this is a moth”. Rather, it was “this is not a mosquito”. Right now we’re in the middle of mosquito season and I’m always …
If you live in a neighborhood without overhead power lines, you likely live in a neighborhood with big, ugly, green transformers popping up out of cement pads. It’s not uncommon to have one every three or four houses. Now, I understand the necessity for electrical transformers. I love electricity but even I know that 13000 …
I always see interesting things when I go on my morning walks. This time it was a vine growing through fence slats. The vine had produced this beautiful purple flower and the fence was a stark background for it. The scene offered brief enjoyment but I decided to stop and capture an image of it …
Not sure what this flower is. Whatever, it’s blue. At least I got that part right.