Being normal sucks

July 8th, 2010 |

Avoid conventional, it is dead.

Being unconventional can be a lot of fun, once you get used to the idea that creative people are not ‘normal people’. Avoid conventional, it is dead.

Colin Perini – Creative artist

Sure it is safe, but it has no life, no spontaneity and no creativity about it.

Colin Perini – Creative artist

Corporations and governments are conventional. They are steady, greedy, logical and usually run by people with no imagination and very little capacity for creating something new. They are slow to change and are bogged down with regulations. If the government or a corporation endorses an idea – you can bet that it is not creative.

Colin Perini – Creative artist

Television, newspapers, radio and even movies are mostly corporate owned and they all have one single purpose – make money! That’s it! Everything else is incidental. If they happen to entertain or give you a product, then that is what it costs them, not what they are there for.

Colin Perini – Creative artist

They are not interested in giving you anything for nothing. They want your money. They use sneaky techniques to scam you into buying their products and services but their stories are boring, safely conventional and often, not even true.

Colin Perini – Creative artist

If you want to be creative, then you have to stop being normal. Instead of being careful to please others, please yourself. Instead of always being a good girl or boy, try being naughty every now and then. Instead of believing the stories that the media hurl at you, try having no idea for a while!

Colin Perini – Creative artist

Stop being sensible and start being creative!

Posted in Creative blog, Creative Writing

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Lisa:

July 9, 2010 at 1:45 am

The problem with most unconventional people is that they belong to a group that acts in the same supposedly unconventional way. The media also controls this notion. Truly unconventional people appear quite odd and alien and are rarely seen as cool and acceptable.

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- Judy Lynn:
  
  October 19, 2010 at 5:57 am
  
  Yeah—so? Who wants to be cool and acceptable?
  
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Hayabusa brother:

July 15, 2010 at 5:06 am

Amazing post thanks!

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