tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post8071334937181899522..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Creativity NegativityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1094349356012812652010-07-29T10:48:37.835-04:002010-07-29T10:48:37.835-04:00My creativity came back once I stopped watching tv...My creativity came back once I stopped watching tv. I would average maybe an hour or two a week, usually news or the weather channel. Am avoiding tv totally now due to a big election build up here and I am heartily sick of politicians pitching duplicitous woo. I do buy dvd's of shows I want to watch and view those in the comfort of my room on my pc from time to time. I never play video games. Not even solitaire which I played right through my University years. Just not for me I guess. <br /><br />I knit, bead all sorts of things and do heirloom embroidery. I am working on a table cloth right now that has earned squees from folks. It's a probably a knee jerk reaction to being told to buy "ready made" for a couple of dollars and makes me feel great because it's mine. I used to be able to draw but I seem to overthink things now and stop projects way too early. I still buy sketch books of all sizes but the drawing muse has left me for now.<br /><br />I have some friends who live on large country properties, grow their own food and live at a slower, healthier pace. They keep me real, and describe daily interactions with their neighbours that sound almost Anne of Green Gables. They read a book and mull it over for days, finding deeper and deeper layers of meaning. Bliss. By the end of a frantic week I am usually weeping with envy.<br /><br />As for Zen Revenge I am typing up an awesome quote I found on author Maggie Shaynes blog attributed to a Herm Albright, Readers Digest.<br /><br />"A positive attitude wont solve all of your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."<br /><br />I LOVE it. Thanks again for another excellent post.<br /><br />StevieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-65707602450487542432010-07-27T21:08:48.779-04:002010-07-27T21:08:48.779-04:00Thanks for a very well-written and thought-provoki...Thanks for a very well-written and thought-provoking post! I do believe minds have become more dull rather than sharper due to constant clicking on technological devices. There's pros and cons to the rapidly increasing tech world, the key to it all is balance.<br /><br />~TRA<br /><br />http://xtheredangelx.blogspot.comWendy Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048944852796207898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-54167242521725142442010-07-27T17:26:10.408-04:002010-07-27T17:26:10.408-04:00Don't forget boredom in your list. Every summe...Don't forget <b>boredom</b> in your list. Every summer, the minute my kids started complaining that there was "nothing to do!", I'd just grin and remind them that boredom is the mother of creativity. Shortly thereafter, a family newspaper would be underway, a fort built of furniture and old blankets, the stuffed animals would be running a town... It never failed. And they always had to get bored first. Too many parents make suggestions when their kids are bored and fail to let them find the way themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-20787116767145357502010-07-27T15:15:29.519-04:002010-07-27T15:15:29.519-04:00I don't know about everyone who plays videogam...I don't know about everyone who plays videogames, but I find that they inspire me, the same way that I'm sure playing games like Dungeons & Dragons or Axis & Allies have done for generations. It's the same thing with TV. As a kid, I never understood why adults thought TV was bad for kids' imaginations. I didn't realize until I was older that I was an exception because most kids just sit and watch while I would actually think about what I was watching. While I wasn't writing them, I was imagining fanfics as early as five-years-old when I would pretend that I was a Power Ranger long after the TV had been turned off. I'm glad I didn't find out that it was weird for me to try and plot out and guess the ending of a show or movie until high school.Liz Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-68103264342370959012010-07-27T13:08:20.688-04:002010-07-27T13:08:20.688-04:00Lynn, thank you for a thought provoking blog entry...Lynn, thank you for a thought provoking blog entry. My children are 25 and 21 and I think they are pretty creative. My daughter has written wonderful poetry (and now manuscripts) for years and my son is a pretty good painter/sketcher. <br />I love the term "Zen revenge" and I have done just that in the past but didn't have a name for it. I shall endeavor to practice "Zen revenge" more often.<br />Be blessed,<br />Jennifer WoffordJennifer and Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531190507371414708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-67830755169399313012010-07-27T12:33:16.525-04:002010-07-27T12:33:16.525-04:00Darn Newsweek with their stimulating covers! They ...Darn Newsweek with their stimulating covers! They do a good job of grabbing the reader, and their articles like to strike fear in people's hearts, but so far as I can tell it's usually a lot of fuss over nothing. Like a lot of media, they wind people up for the sake of sales. Hey, maybe they're working with the pharmaceutical companies to sell antidepressants!Angela Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16887573821010490177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-61893702445127108472010-07-27T11:10:35.515-04:002010-07-27T11:10:35.515-04:00Replace "video games" with "televis...Replace "video games" with "television" and Newsweek could have run this in 1985.<br /><br />Having a couple kids of my own now, and video games, I can see that too much time spent on the box means less time spent, I don't know, creating great works out of macaroni and glue.<br /><br />But I can't buy that creative people can be crushed by games. The drive to create is too innate to be so easily suppressed, just as people who are driven to write will not be deterred by failure or silence.<br /><br />Remember that publications need something to write about, even if there isn't anything there that they want to write about.Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-60403218255178243542010-07-27T10:29:32.135-04:002010-07-27T10:29:32.135-04:00I love the ideas here and look forward to reading ...I love the ideas here and look forward to reading the article too.<br />I do think that kids will thrive and find ways to express themselves. The thing I've tried to allow is to not over-schedule my children. I almost made this mistake seeing other mothers of the herd.<br /><br />For example, my oldest is like your daughter. She's taking both band and orchestra and did freshman year as well. If she could take chior as well she would -- she'd even take more classes in a day just to be able to do so. When she was little -- about 5 -- I signed her up for some very informal piano lessons. She had them for just less than once school year because her teacher moved. I tried to find another teacher but wirh scheduling and two other, younger children, I never did. I worried, since I'd had piano, was I depriving her? She was in girl scouts and dance though, and that was all we could afford timewise and, for me, mentally. :)<br /><br />When she was in about 4th grade I asked her if she'd like to try taking lessons again and she was very adamant. No thank you. However, when she went into 6th grade she decided she'd like to play the cello. She had her first lesson a few weeks before school and was hooked. When school started she practiced without prompting and moved ahead of the class on her own just because she wanted to. The next year, she asked the band and orchestra teachers if she could switch between the two classes every day and they said yes. She's never looked back and has learned bass guitar and plays the piano again.<br /><br />My middle daughter is very visual and loves to draw and dance. My son loves dance, and he will sit at the computer and lose track of the time. I worried that he was playing too many arcade style games. Instead, he takes screen shots from the games and imports them into a point program, where he writes stories and advertisments and makes and laminates posters. He also makes spy cards for his friends. He thinks outside the box with the tools he has. I think it's because they have time.<br /><br />JulieBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-76917057723783806502010-07-27T09:41:40.343-04:002010-07-27T09:41:40.343-04:00Great post! I'm shoving my kids outside this m...Great post! I'm shoving my kids outside this morning. As it is, when they are inside, they play all sorts of creative games. I thought the Wii would get a lot of use this summer, but I don't think it's been turned on once so far.<br /><br />Now I'm off to sew, paint, writing, play, do some piano...<br /><br />Perhaps creativity is alive and well.Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-77617384544180495502010-07-27T08:47:26.947-04:002010-07-27T08:47:26.947-04:00It's sad, isn't it? I want my son to be so...It's sad, isn't it? I want my son to be something creative because I'm a writer and so I will often try to find creative things to do during the day but I can see how other things can drive that desire out.<br /><br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-40485595854975032622010-07-27T06:52:44.964-04:002010-07-27T06:52:44.964-04:00I read that article, too. The creative drive is in...I read that article, too. The creative drive is inherent in us, but yes, it can get squashed or lack outlets. However, give a kid a box of crayons and some paper and they'll do something with it. We try to keep the house stocked with creative tools of all kinds.Charlene Tegliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483186891214783397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-14860487007696034432010-07-27T01:18:29.697-04:002010-07-27T01:18:29.697-04:00Most interesting post. Pause for thought as I try ...Most interesting post. Pause for thought as I try to figure out my response. As a mom, I spent countless hours exposing my kids to art, music, nature, books. I turned off the TV and had them play outside. Took them places where they had to create their own fun. Always seemed like I fought a battle to expose them - that the world of videos and games overrode my efforts. <br /><br />Are they creative now at 24, 22, and 18? They certainly are aware of a vast world, but many of their friends do not share these experiences and depend or find comfort in organized creativity. Does that make sense? <br /><br />Does creativity change as time goes by? Certainly all this technology came from creative minds. Hmmm, you have me thinking. Great post.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.com