Creative spontaneity

Strange ideas are better than stupid ones

Keep still life!

Life constantly changes. Situations shift, circumstances rearrange and new scenarios emerge. The days in your life are like leaves on a tree, each unique, yet from a distance all the same. (Wow, what a statement, that’s getting pretty close to wisdom, I’ll try and be more careful.) Read the rest of this entry »

I am not listening to you anymore

Over your lifetime, your little brain has collected information that you have collated, catalogued and categorized until you created a story. Each person has a different way of viewing experiences, so the stories created are unique and different. we all have stories to tell.

Governments and corporations are forever creating stories for us. Many people are happy with this situation, because it saves them the effort of organising and interpreting their information. Stories are often repeated so that they become familiar patterns in your brain. After a while, they become  firmly cemented in your head and not only do you believe the myths you have ben fed, you will fight for them.

Life is a series of stories. Everybody has lots and lots of stories that they could bore you with. A story does not have to be based on an event, in can simply be an interpretation of life or an abstract idea – insightful or idiotic, it does not matter.

Now there are a lot of desperately unhappy folks out there, frantically seeking answers to their unfinished stories. They will eagerly thrust their problems, (I mean stories) upon any half-interested listener. Sometimes they are hard to escape from, sometimes the unwary listener is swept up in the story and takes it on as if it is part of their life.

People with causes are forever trying to get you to believe their stories and to join them in their quest to climb to the top of an invented mountain. Religions offer a rigid set of stories along with powerful emotional hooks that draw you in.

An artist has to write his own stories. He does not have to borrow or believe what others tell him. You are writing your story as your art progresses and then one day, you will have a fascinating tale to share with the world.