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So turning 30 aka getting older has triggered visions of being obsolete and disposable and all kinds of scary scenarios in my head… Like, for example, losing my creativity and turning into a boring white picket fencer. So what to do, what to do… How about going hunting for it? Like, a Quest for Creativity. Finding the Holy Grail of eureka moments. Hunting down that elusive animal, Inspiration….

So that’s what I’m doing. Starting on the 1st of July (hey, that’s today!), I’m looking for my mojo. The creative spark that will kick the butt of all my darker fantasies and make me feel all shiny and new and bona fide cool kid again…

Only, how does one go about finding creativity? Where do I actually start? In fact, what is creativity? Can it be defined? Should it be defined? Can anyone be considered an expert on creativity? Is someone who mosaics a pot equal in creativity to someone who writes a novel? And does being creative actually mean the end of my quest must see me create something, like the word implies?

What about commercial vs high-concept creativity? Am I allowed to judge creative merit? Yes, but is it art? Do I even want to create something? What if it’s shit? What if it really just proves my obsolete status? If I just leave this box closed, all possibilities exist… But if I open it and go looking, what if the probability field collapses into a Tretchikoff? (Is there anything wrong with a Tretchikoff?)

You kind of see my problem… Perhaps step one of being creative is simply coming up with a name for my mission… something cooler than “quest for creativity”. Cos actually, that’s not very creative… It sounds like the title of some self-help book…

Okay. So for the next 31 days, day by day, I’ll be digging. I’ll have to figure something out about creativity every day. And maybe by the end of this, I’ll have my opus. Or maybe not. Watch this space!

For Day 1, click here.

For Day 2, click here.

For Day 3 & 4, click here.

For Day 5, click here.

For Day 6 & 7, click here.

For Day 8, click here.

For Day 9, 10 & 11, click here.

For Day 12 & 13, click here.

For Day 14 & 15, click here.

For Day 16 & 17, click here.

For Day 18, click here.

For Day 19, click here.

For Day 24, click here.

For Day 25, click here.

Tags: becoming older, Donnay Torr, dusbtunniesproject, quest for creativity, the meaning of creativity, Tretchikoff

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