tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post2876857308928700113..comments2024-02-24T15:58:56.712-08:00Comments on The Good Typist: "I'm Just Not Creative"Kristen McHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-49063602076233239352010-02-25T10:25:00.719-08:002010-02-25T10:25:00.719-08:00i think that is a fantastic idea for a workshop! i...i think that is a fantastic idea for a workshop! i really want to teach some kind of writing course for teens but not sure how to get one started. i wonder if my Y would let me do one..Jessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-690926885134383812010-01-27T08:57:30.526-08:002010-01-27T08:57:30.526-08:00//I blame this phenomenon partly on the undeserved...//I blame this phenomenon partly on the undeserved mystique of the artist—this pervading idea that the world simply is made up of two different people-- gifted creative “types”, and the pragmatic, unimaginative sort who lack the ever-elusive Artist Gene.//<br /><br />Completely agree. Folks really do themselves a disservice when they discount the incredible human creativity they bring to even the most diminutive task. There's nothing that can't be its own form of art - right down to the stock broker. The way we dress, who we love, and how we live our lives is little different from the artist painting a canvass.Patrickhttp://poemshape.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-90055632628546024702010-01-20T09:21:47.966-08:002010-01-20T09:21:47.966-08:00And 40??? I wish! But I will take the hotness adj...And 40??? I wish! But I will take the hotness adjective, yes I will. And, never to look free advertising in the mouth, my blog is www.creativecodependence.blogspot.comJo-Annhttp://www.creativecodependence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-32478113482659722732010-01-19T18:08:49.017-08:002010-01-19T18:08:49.017-08:00Jo-Ann, I knew that was you! :) Thanks for sharing...Jo-Ann, I knew that was you! :) Thanks for sharing that poem--I love it. And 40, you are looking hot in that photo, woman! How the heck you've been? Where are you blogging nowadays?Kristen McHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-9231564671713417872010-01-19T17:38:11.500-08:002010-01-19T17:38:11.500-08:00I love that! I wish I could be there!I love that! I wish I could be there!40licioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712854489136361499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-39915899237188335322010-01-19T10:03:02.707-08:002010-01-19T10:03:02.707-08:00oops, that anonymous was me, Kristen, I thought I ...oops, that anonymous was me, Kristen, I thought I had put my name...Jo-Ann Svenssonhttp://www.creativecodependence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-15960781221083529772010-01-19T10:00:30.267-08:002010-01-19T10:00:30.267-08:00The workshop you plan will be a godsend to many. I...The workshop you plan will be a godsend to many. It brings up two thoughts for me: That creativity is about trust. Trust is who we are and that the source of creativity, the same source from whence we came (however you choose to view that) is infintite. The second thing it reminds me of is a call to youth, before limitations were given us. Here is a snippet from Faust, spoken by the Poet:<br />Then bring me back the days of dreaming,<br />When I myself was yet unformed,<br />When song welled up in me, and teeming<br />The tuneful fancies in my swarmed.<br />I’d all the misty world before me, <br />And every bud with promise sprang, <br />And every valley, to restore me,<br />Burgeoned with blossom as I sang.<br />I nothing had, yet was not poor:<br />The spur of truth was mine, and fancy’s lure.<br />Give me those days with heart in riot, <br />The depth of bliss that touched on pain, <br />The force of hate, and love’s disquiet –<br />Ah give me back my youth again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com