Creativity

“It was almost like I offended them with my presence, a reminder of what toll time will take on all of them as well” – a reflection on ageism, femininity and art by Eva Lewarne

Oscar Wilde in ‘Portrait of An Artist’ remained young forever while the portrait of himself aged instead. Well, it didn’t work for me, as my paintings remain young and fresh and my face is lined with a thousand wrinkles. When

“Armoured with positive thinking technologies we squelch any uneasiness” – an essay by Eva Lewarne

Artists in the Modern Age by Eva Lewarne Andy Warhol said that he would like to be a machine. I think Andy Warhol, with his iconization of mass media images, tried to kill painting and art in his glorification of

Creativity is our common language – it is how we communicate what we are afraid to say as ourselves

I was drowning in a sea of misconceptions about what an artist was, what an artist did, and who could play a part in the cultural life of our time… “- Marsha Norman Julia Cameron refers to creativity as “spiritual

An experiment in doing one thing at a time – by Victor Ayala

This month has been special. It has filled my heart with hope for all the possibility that’s still out there. Hey, I may be thirty, but I’m still young. The speakers at Creative Life’s first event were a real inspiration.

“My greatest failure was using drugs as a tool for my creativity” – a personal story by Cynthia Janisse

I’m here to tell you about my greatest failure, as a daughter, as a friend, and as an artist. I have always been an artist, for as long as I can remember I’ve been doodling in a book. It became

Sarah: I don’t think being a good filmmaker, or a good artist, means that you always have to be kind.

Here’s something I’ve always wondered about when it came to creative people using their own lives as inspiration for their work: how the hell do they get away with it? Every time I hear a comedian joke in great detail

Sam Kamras: Art isn’t lazy, you just have to keep breathing life into it.

“I kept peeling back layer after layer after layer and when I finally found her, I was simply in the moment. Art had consumed me. It’s the most thrilling and satisfying feeling.” About Sam Kamras Sam Kamras is one of

Kyle: It’s more important for me to make a difference in the world than to have a white picket fence.

The following post is transcribed from a conversation I had with Kyle ‘TooTall’ Strauts about identity, love, visualizing what you want in your life, teaching, and the difference he wants to make in the world. Seeing someone who is 6’9”

Jaylee: You gotta know yourself, before you can show yourself

So being in a rut, in a state of frustration, I have been grappling with the fact that a deadline is upon me – that I have to share a story, a blog, me, with an audience. And I was

Sam: I’m trying to find the courage to leave the work behind [Thoughts on the Rehearsal Process]

I’ve crashed head first into my character… it both physically and emotionally hurts. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a character so seriously. Rosita, in Lorca’s Dona Rosita the Spinster, was given to me for our latest production: my chance

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