Free Creativity...Revisited

[On March 24th last I posted this entry "Free
Creativity"...but found after...that it was hard to read because of the colour and size of the text used. For me..."free creativity"...is a very important subject...so I am going to post this entry again...in a way that makes it readable]:
I know that some people have to create...based on the commissions they've gotten to do so. I've
done a few of those myself...for the BBC in England...for the National Film Board in Canada
...for grants from the Secretary of State in Canada. I won't lie...it was good to do those in the midst of all the creativity I've been engaged in...over many years. It's funny though...how people interviewing you for newspapers...or otherwise...usually hone in...only on "commissioned creativity"...like I've mentioned before. When they do that...ignoring the life long...unshackled creativity you engage in...I think they really miss the boat...on something
fundamental...and seldom mentioned about creativity. For me...that is...not what monetary or
prestige prizes you can win for engaging in creative acts...but its tremendous contribution to
the personal liberation...growth...and development...of the individual who ongoingly engages
in it...regardless of what the newspapers or markets have to say about it. Sometimes it seems to me...that too many people who engage...in acts of creativity...let themselves be imprisoned
by the question...but will it be published...recorded...exhibited...or sell...oblivious to the value
of engaging in creative acts...to their personal growth. In addition to that...it has been my experience over many years...that it is when I engage in "free creativity"...free of the chains I've
mentioned...and others...that the joy of creating returns...and I become as fresh as a child again
exploring the world around him...and being in close touch with his imagination...and the power and beauty...that lies inside...waiting to be called upon...without any strings attached...
...............................Quester.