Sharing it. There are pieces of me in everything I create. It is very personal to share myself in the way utilize myself to create. It's scary. And rewarding. And I find I can do nothing else with it all but create. I don't have to share it. But I have because, well, precisely because it was so scary.
Philosophy. I think given the fact that we now carry a super computer with us in our pocket at all times containing all information and facts, we need to rethink what school is for. Perhaps we need to teach kids how to think. Philosophy is all about thinking, questioning, and a glaring lack of solid answers about life.
I have been writing for a long, long time. High school. A poetry class started me on the path. And then I was reaffirmed in a college technical writing class. Ironically, he encouraged us to write in stream of consciousness style for a period of time during the class and then hand in. That was right up my alley. I didn't have to worry about grammar so much and could just flow. He read a small excerpt from something I wrote during a class session. It included a, 'hahhaha', he thought that was hilarious and loved it. I have to say, my teacher's affirmation also made me want to keep doing it. And I still do!
Very important. We live in a visual world. It takes time to slow down and read deeply. And there are a billion things vying for our attention in this day and age! If a cover and/or title doesn't grab attention at a glance it will be lost in the shuffle of colors and shiny things constantly surrounding us.
Ha! Living is emotionally draining. One of the main reasons to create is to channel emotions into our creations. The best works of art are filled with emotion on both ends, on the creation side and the witness side. So, my answer to this is: so what? That's the point. But I have another answer to: it's also a format to release those emotions. To set them free from yourself into the creations we are making with them. Putting out emotions outside ourselves allows us to deal with them on another level. In the end, I say, stay with it, keep creating.
