Think Creative

A friend of mine at school was very good at art. It seemed inherent, as his father was good at art, therefore seemed to run in the family. It kind of made me like the idea as well, so at Sixth Form I walked into the art class and asked if I could do art as a subject. The teacher, Miss Parker, allowed me to join the class, but after some weeks took me to one side and politely told me that I would not make it as a creative person and I should think about leaving the class and doing some other course. I wouldn't accept this, and with several other similar comments from family and teachers alike, I set out to prove them wrong. I guess in a way I have. Also saying that however, I have always had the feeling that I could be artistic. Still today I get up and want to create. Sometimes more than get breakfast, or sort the house out. I say this little ditty at the start as I wanted to mention perseverance. If I had listened to my art teacher, all those years ago, where would I be? Wo...

Things just pop in there; occasionally. Had some feedback on a post I did some days back. Has been ticking in my mind for these past days. Or maybe bouncing, rattling or crescendoing around. Anyway, waking up this morning and starting to layout all the project briefs for Creative Thinking for the new semester,  Norman McLaren  popped into my mind. First, if you are not aware, he was an established Canadian animator, winning an Oscar for his piece " Neighbours " in 1955. Why did he pop into my head? Well gathering those strangely connected fragments together it was based on the fact that some years back ( and is now in my collection ) I saw a documentary about the artist in question, called "The Creative Process" This was linked to something that was on my mind as I woke this morning. Thinking about the initial talk that will be given to the induction of students. The college I work at is associated with a University in the UK, that has coined the phrase; ...