Picasso Quote

"Others have seen what is and asked why.  I have seen what could be and asked why not."
Pablo Picasso"Metamorphoses of the Human Form: graphic works, 1895-1872

Pablo Picasso Life Magazine Cover                                                        from google image for education only

EVERYONE IS CREATIVE!

Creativity , the emergence of the original and of individuality, is found in every living cell. This flow and interweaving of individual differences is, by definition as well as by discovery the process of emerging originals, creativity. Creativity is in each one of us.  
Creativity was in each one of us as a small child.  In children creativity is universal.  HENRY EYEING

Eyeing goes on to say he believes it is non existent in adults and  what has happened to this enormous human resource? He goes on to say that is the question of the age.  This book Creativity and Cultivation was published in 1959.  The book is a compilation of various minds of the day from their individual disciplines.  It is amazing to go back in time to the thinking of the time and see how much had not changed and how much remains the same.  Picasso's quote reminds us well, if one could remain a child (keep that creativity and innocence) one could be a better artist. 

THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY

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Recently I went in to Captains Book Store in downtown Asheville and found a wonderful used book on Creativity and It's Cultivation.  The book was written in 1959, but I found some interesting chapters with wonderful statements and insights into the nature of creativity.  I thought I would share these with you all.  The book at times can be a bit dry, but with a little mining it is full of wonderful thoughts.  

In the first Chapter on Scientific Creativity is a thought I wanted to share:

"Each person is born into an environment with a language and culture that provide a more or less complete world view.  He usually assumes, correctly, that his first conflicts with the notions he has learned will be resolved when he understands the accepted views better.  Sooner of later, however, he comes against glaring inconsistencies which bring his conceptual world into serious question. The necessary reconstruction is the beginning of a creative process.  This intellectual construction of a world picture is an extremely important aspect of scientific creativity." by Henry Eyeing.

That statement says so much in a short paragraph, that where ever we are born, what ever environment we grow up in we assume our language and culture give us our world view.  We cannot help but to see the world from the point and culture in which we grew up.  We can think our view is absolutely correct, but then we come upon someone else that presents us with a new answer and a new set of ideas from their point of view and culture.  

Happy Halloween to all

Leonardo Da Vinci, the dog, wants to wish you a Happy Halloween!

This is actually a Mardi Gras outfit from New Orleans.

Vinci is a rescue boy found wandering 4 years ago on a four lane highway. After three people cared for him, he found his way to my heart. His second year he ruptured a disk in his back and was paralyzed for a month after his surgery. We thought we would have to get him wheels to get about. But he now walks and runs with a limp, but he does fine.

I am was an art teacher, hence the name, Da Vinci. I can say he is an art dog, sitting in my lap in the studio and always my constant companion.

Halloween is not celebrated in every culture, but I am not sure which countries do and which countries don't participate. Some people think is fun and others see if as suspicious. I think it is a chance to be creative, to use one's imagination. Tonight my neighborhood will be inundated with hoard of treaters from all one the city. We are one of those neighborhood's that people think there is good booty!

For today I will post a picture of Leonardo Da Vinci in costume. My dog, Da Vinci, in costume. I would love to know if your country does celebrate Halloween and if so, how. Look forward to you feed back. If you have trouble leaving a comment, the email me at rabbits5@aol.com

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