Comments on: Creativity…Does the Web Make You More Creative?

By: David Usher, I Have An Answer : Idea Drunk

David Usher, I Have An Answer : Idea Drunk — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:20:36 +0000

[...] this recent post, he asks “Does the web make you more creative or is it all just noise?” Here’s my [...]

By: ElizabethLouise

ElizabethLouise — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:33:12 +0000

@ Sarah - Not sure why I lie about the source, but maybe because to me creatively is very personal, the soul naked. This is my time, my escape which I selfishly guard. Recognition also inevitably brings expectation which I find restricts future creativity. Much like the internet, recognition is more noise that gets in the way.

On the web I appreciate the opportunity to experience the creativity of others, but I feel it distracts from and hampers my own. Too much at once, I like things simple and still.

By: Sarah Begley

Sarah Begley — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:08:41 +0000

ElizabethLouise-I appreciate what you said regarding the comment I made, what I stated definitely was not an absolute. I wonder why you lie though, I also hang some of my art around my home and though I try not to get clouded with opinion I can’t help it, there is no way around objective. I heard somewhere that art is a love letter to God. I’ve hung onto that belief over time and possibly this is why I started to paint when I used to only write which is easier to keep hidden. After creating something it is open to critique even from yourself, just like we choose to make something meaningful to us we choose to let it go otherwise why would we create. Even if we do our best to keep it closest I honestly think there is that small part inside of us that wants someone to look. When I said a true artist is looking for recognition I was meaning they are ready for the world in a way and it is more difficult…almost against the grain which few people notice or care to understand because in the reality of it we love ourselves most. Too much feedback can help or hinder depending on the person, and getting back to topic even though this is the technology age I still think we are quite behind it and not ready for the masses as we like to think.

By: Lalou

Lalou — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Happy Birthday David…I didn’t know and I’m so glad to took a short look on your blog to see that! Have a nice day and let good things comes to you.
Voilà!
So, for me, creativity is not connected with Web…
It brings me informations, distractions, pleasure, frustrations and it gives me the chance to follow some interresting people interracting with art or not. The inspiration is latent inside me and don’t depend on internet…for me it’s just another media. I like it and I could hardly stop it(web surfing)but it’s harder to stop writing…this is my art. Someday, maybe you’ll read somethings came out from my head and lay down on a real book…with real pages,in your real hands,not on web!

So, I kiss you, specialy for today, an happy birthday kiss of course!
Lalou.

By: yvette

yvette — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:44:30 +0000

Thus “Cloudid”…kidding Happy 42nd Birthday David Usher! (or is it 24?) XO

By: yvette

yvette — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:42:22 +0000

@Elizabeth Louise: I’ll have to agree with you re:”I don’t need the recognition of others to validate my creative experience.” Creativity and art comes from the heart. When you start to create based on what others will think it can cloud your innate sense of creativity. The artist doesn’t always have to create for themselves but if they are always looking for recognition then they will often be disappointed. If an artist is satisfied with what they have created then there is value in that. Once the art is out there, however, the full intent no longer belongs to the creator. Meaning comes from the perception of the viewer (while the artist shakes his head and moves on to the next piece of work):-) As artists we all hope that the viewer “Gets It”, but sometimes it’s more fun to save that little piece of intent for yourself.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:42:44 +0000

Noise. simply noise. I get lost very often. I look for my email, after i go there, i go there and there… 3 hours later, still on the computer.AARRGggg its a poison , an addiction. But oh well.. i can’t pass a day without at least 1 hour of internet. Even in vacation, i ask if the hotel have the net. My god… im wondering what i was doing before ’90’s’ ,, hehe.. So. its noise, but in the same time, it can help for artists. To express stuff, to be shown everywhere. Around the world at one place, at the same time.

By: ElizabethLouise

ElizabethLouise — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:48:21 +0000

I find the web gets in the way of my creativity. For me creativity comes when I’m alone in my own thoughts and the web is a little like being alone in other people’s thoughts.

It is excellent for educational purposes though. If one directed their searches well they could learn just about anything University has to offer without the tuition. For that it is amazing, a gift, but for creativity? Clouds the brain, distracts.

@ Sarah “ i think a true artist creates for the public and searching for that third eye as recognition.” - I have to disagree with you here, I don’t think art needs recognition. I think it needs to be simply something created from the imagination. I draw and paint, on the rare occasion when I hang a piece in my home (because sometimes I need to be reminded not to forget that side of myself) when asked, I lie to visitors about the source. First because I feel knowing too much about the source colours the opinion and the effect it has on the viewer. Second because for me it was art while I was creating it, I don’t need the recognition of others to validate my creative experience. Art is subjective whether people like or understand it doesn’t change what it is.

The web provides simple access to information and art (or of course a means to sell / distribute). It can only inspire if you spend time thinking about what you saw / learned. It’s in the thinking not the finding that creativity is born.

By: Svetlana

Svetlana — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:31:19 +0000

I’d prefer an overload than an info-lack. one simple test-question(from a recent magazine issue): “Internet is a world at hand. What about you?
a) you’re afraid to lose your independence, using it too often;
b) you don’t trust to this info-exchanging without borders;
c) the opening perspectives make you enthusiastic;
d) you have no certain mind about this.”
I make no secret, I have chosen the ‘c’ answer; moreover the net is my only exit to contemporary world and I can hardly understand those, who is using it only for ICQ as a pager, while it opens such skyline?!
The net unites us (compare to the 18 century), anyone who wishes can join, this makes me so excited! it’s really worth!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:33:08 +0000

the web definitely leads to more creativity - it has the ability to inspire, to connect and to show that the possibilities are endless.