Arguing about creativity!
By Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
July 17, 2010 5:45am CST
I've just had this heated verbal debate with an art student. She feels that it's possible to get all of her ideas from a book alone, whereas I feel that for a person needs to go out, to see and experience the world to help enhance her creativity. I think my views are valid although I know that she is not wrong either...
1 response
@Memnon (2170)
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17 Jul 10
For her it might be. Books can be incredibly inspiring- as they work on your imagination to create images of what you read. As a child I could read endlessly, but hated the playing field (probably because I was rubbish, but have/ had an absorbent mind). I also agree with you- I often cycle to work, and some really great ideas strike me when the promenade is quiet and I can think.
I would like t believe that you can agree to disagree, or accept that there are alternatives, as I feel that you both have a point. 
@Bellapop (1279)
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17 Jul 10
I'm actually very into books too and I actually read more books than her, I was actually taught 1984 and Animal Farm at school and I'm actually from the era when we were swamped with books from Enid Blyton, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis etc. Books make me tick too, but unfortunately when I said 'books' in the discussion, the 'books' that the art student reads are not the 'literary' kind, that is why I made the suggestion to her that she needs to try other things to get ideas rather than just technique books...I will leave you to guess my age from the info given... :)
