Wikipedia defines creativity as “a phenomenon whereby something new and in some way valuable is created (such as an idea, a joke, a literary work, painting or musical composition, a solution, an invention etc).” Okay, great. So how do we do it? Well that’s the tricky part, no one really knows. Alright, maybe that’s not entirely true, we do know some of it. We know that ideas are formed when new neuronal pathways are formed in the brain. We know being around other creative people can help. We have some pieces of the puzzle.
I was watching a TED talk the other day about creativity (I watched the whole series, actually) and not only did I learn a lot from it, but it also gave me a bunch of ideas. The speaker proposed that there is no such thing as a new idea, that everything is just a remix. He said that creativity consists of copying, transforming, and combining preexisting material. I relate to this so much because of how I go about gathering experiences in order to mold ideas. I see the things I come up with as new creations, but the raw materials I used are sometimes clearly visible. I am a mashup-maker. A curator of creativity. So in light of this acknowledgement, I’m going to make a mashup, a remix. I jotted down this idea awhile back and never did anything with it really but it it’s a fairly decent concept: a series of print ads in different art styles, preferably iconic like Picasso abstraction, pop art, etc. This could even tie into the mural idea as they could totally be both print ads and street art. I did a Picasso-ish one to show what I meant, but this could be neverendingly awesome. Do a creepy Tim Burton-esque one around Halloween, a Norman Rockwell around Christmas, the potential is overwhelming. For now, this is the one within my artistic breadth:
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