Initially published at CAAC blog An article written for the Urban Solutions Seminar, Birmingham May 2012. Amazing cities. Social constructions, where the best and the worst of humanity live together. From the first fortifications in the Middle Ages to the megapolis of Tokio or Mexico, cities have developed and now seem the most …
Tag: Creativity
Some ideas on city storytelling
Initially published at CAAC blog Explained by Zideate, “as a marketing tactic, storytelling is based on the premise that people remember information better when it is told as a story rather than presented as a list of facts. This is largely because stories are more relatable and inspire an emotional reaction in an audience. Any marketing …
Julia Cameron: Is creativity for everybody? (II)
One of the most visible consequences of self-rejection is procrastination. For Cameron, procrastination haunts the artist because s/he prefers to leave everything for later than to face a sure failure. The blocked artist believes that in a better future, with more time, money, age, position or life experience would be easier to create …
Julia Cameron: Is creativity for everybody? (I)
As defined by the Wikipedia, creative writing is “any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature.” Hale (2008) defines creative writing as “anything where the purpose is to express thoughts, feelings and emotions rather than to simply convey information.” But, is creativity accessible to everybody? …
How not to get famous
I am disturbed by the media blitz trying to convince us that we all have an artist inside and therefore all we have to do is joining a casting to be discovered . First, there is not an “Unique Artist” inside all of us. At least not an exceptional being, just for the meaning of …
5 everyday excuses not to write
Lately, I’ve been working on Creativity . I’m still no expert … can anybody be an expert on something whose nature is changing ? Nevertheless, I’d like to share with you some discoveries. For instance, common excuses for not writing (i.e. painting, drawing, crafting, embroidering, cooking , testing, photographing, training and all sorts of …
Nightfall in Rennes
Compagnie Jojo : Rennes 06/07/2013 par f535060456 The Festival of the Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfall) was created in 1980 at the initiative of the city of Rennes. It aims to meet in early July to festivities’ expectations of Rennes citizens not going on holiday and summer visitors to the capital of Brittany, and in …