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December |
Creative
Sense: Of our five senses, some are
used in creative activity more generally
than others. The more we consider how our
senses are used, the more we come to understand
our world and expression of it. |
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November |
The
Creative Gamble: Arts funding in the
United Kingdom has been transformed by
the injection of over £2bn since
the launch of the national lottery ten
years ago, however progress towards a more
enlightened culture in which people value
their creative potential and appreciate
the creative efforts of others continues
to evade the cultural elite. |
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October |
Write
from the Heart: All writers start off
with a desire to touch the minds and hearts
of others. I investigate why our personal
narrative is a vital link to ensuring our
creative voice remains vibrant and lasting. |
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September |
Lego
Building: Art or Design: Some view
designers as somehow less than artists,
others think it's the other way round.
What's the true difference between art
and design? Taking Lego as the creative
medium it's easy to see how the boundaries
blur... |
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August |
Painting
By Numbers
As a boy of around ten I remember feeling uncomfortable when I was given
a black velvet painting by numbers set. I felt a sham before I popped open
the first tiny plastic tub that held the thick unnatural coloured pigment... |
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July |
Creative
Ambition
Some view ambition as the root of all achievement, for others the ambitious
person is self-centred and often ignores the needs of those around them
in their voracious appetite to achieve their aim. |
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June |
The
Value of Art
The value of art appears to diminish in the public's eye year by year.
Contemporary art is now firmly established and promoted as a commodity,
and the efforts of influential public relations firms solidify the cynicism
and suspicion that so many now feel about art. Is art worth less or priceless? |
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May |
Freeware
and Freewhere
Some hold the principled position that all freeware should be free and
without condition, others say freeware should be restricted in a commercial
context. Join me as I ponder about the world of freeware and present its
sister service, freewhere... |
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April |
Man
As Mother
My passion is to communicate one simple message and to provide a context
for that message to thrive. Perhaps I've never expressed this message before
in such a direct way although my writings and this site are wholly devoted
to its purpose. |
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March |
Defining
The Artist
Our desire to name, define and categorise the world is testament to our
need to make sense of it, yet many words are used in such different ways
from one person to the next, the more they are considered, the more they
confuse. The word 'artist' is one such word. |
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February |
The
Freedom to Give: Part 1 | Part
2
The current battle between the SCO Group and the Linux community encapsulates
the choice all creative people consider at one time or another: do I offer
the products of my creative labours freely, or should I charge for them?
More to the point, do I have a choice? |
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January |
When
Something Isn't, Is: Late last year
an award was given to one of the world's
most powerful politicians. The man neither
sought the award, nor was he proud of receiving
what some might consider a dubious accolade.
Nevertheless, his words inadvertently began
to be quoted more often than before, and
his creations found new life outside himself... |
