renegade creativity

February 22, 2007 by Mary Wynne-Wynter 

My friends often refer to me as an "ideas person", as if its something that I have that they don’t.  But its not that at all.

Its simply that I’m happiest and most alive when my creative vibe is on high wolf18.giffrequency. And I love the "Aha" moments with clients when the unexpected idea or solution emerges. So I look for examples of creative process everywhere, particularly where it blurs the lines between art, business, industry, popular culture and change.  I don’t necessarily want to study it. I just want to stay alert to what I watch, read and hear, noticing what sticks with me, inspires me and makes me want to howl at the moon. 

So now and then I block out everything, trying to not think or analyze or judge, and see what comes up and touches something in me.
Today, for example:

Pollock, Jackson Pollock portrayed by Ed Harris

On Writing, Stephen King

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay

House MD, Gregory House portrayed by Hugh Laurie

Sure, there’s hundreds, thousands more, but these 4 come up. I don’t know why and I don’t try to figure it out.  I just take notes, like today’s:

there’s something about the brash, independent, renegade, creative male archetype that’s affecting me and exciting me.  I wonder how it will show up in me and in my work? I hope there’s a moon tonight.

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