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Creativity vs. Creativity

by on October 21, 2013 at 6:00 am
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I read an article recently. An article that amused me, dismayed me, and in general, made me think.

This article, to be precise. “TED Talks are lying to you.” In this article, the author lays into the modern creative industries, and bemoans the rise of the creative professional, the usage of stock creative heroes/aesops, and the idea that creators are being lead to falsely believe that they will be able to make a living through their creations.

Now, I will admit that the author writes proficiently. However, I have a major, MAJOR, problem with the conclusions that he draws. His contention is that creativity experts are, themselves, devoid of creativity and actively damaging to the notion of creativity in and of itself. read more

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Mei Wu is here!

by on October 18, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Hooray, the brand-spanking new work is here!

As a little bit of a break from Elf Blood, and in a bid to get some print work done, I’ve embarked on a little diversion here. Mei Wu is my loveletter to Chinese mythology, and centres around a society of fox spirits. The world of Mei Wu was two years in the making, based on discussions I’ve had with my aunt and my uncle, books I’ve read, and general making-stuff-up based on tradition, legend and other folklore!

Incidentally, the title is a pun (which I hope works as well as I think it does); nine-tailed fox spirits are known in Cantonese as Gau Mei Wu. However, I have replaced the word Mei (tail) for the word Mei (beautiful), which is also quite fitting as fox spirits took on the form of beautiful young women, and were often seductresses. read more

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