Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
Remember, yesterday, when I said "we should create because we can"? If your response was either "Yeah, but I'm not creative," or "Yeah, but what I come up with is crap,"—well, then, today's post is for you.
First, I'd like to remind you that both Ursula Le Guin and Pablo Picasso believe that creativity is innate; it's just a matter of recapturing it (if you ever feel you lost it). If Ursula and Pablo's wisdom still isn't persuasive enough, please read Becca Nath's article on GOOD, How I Learned to Be Creative. Before she needed to hem a pair of pants for a hot date, Becca would've said "nature" when asked if creativity was a nature or nurture thing. But, now she knows the truth: being creative truly is a matter of being creative. Creativity begets creativity.
Now, for the scary truth: you may not like what you create, at first. But fear not, friends. Every creative person who is renowned as a "genius" created "crap" at some point. (Don't believe me? Perhaps Milton Glaser will convince you.) And, if all of the words offered so far are still not enough to encourage you to create something, I direct your attention to Ira Glass's take on creative work (watch video up there ↑). True, he's speaking of storytelling, but the same principles apply to creating in general.
So! What will you make because you can?
First, I'd like to remind you that both Ursula Le Guin and Pablo Picasso believe that creativity is innate; it's just a matter of recapturing it (if you ever feel you lost it). If Ursula and Pablo's wisdom still isn't persuasive enough, please read Becca Nath's article on GOOD, How I Learned to Be Creative. Before she needed to hem a pair of pants for a hot date, Becca would've said "nature" when asked if creativity was a nature or nurture thing. But, now she knows the truth: being creative truly is a matter of being creative. Creativity begets creativity.
Now, for the scary truth: you may not like what you create, at first. But fear not, friends. Every creative person who is renowned as a "genius" created "crap" at some point. (Don't believe me? Perhaps Milton Glaser will convince you.) And, if all of the words offered so far are still not enough to encourage you to create something, I direct your attention to Ira Glass's take on creative work (watch video up there ↑). True, he's speaking of storytelling, but the same principles apply to creating in general.
So! What will you make because you can?
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