So we embark on another semester of university for 2011. The subject names have changed and so have the tutors, but it's back to business in the same fashion for us media students.
And that means readings. Lots of readings. A plethora of readings. Oh joy..
Usually I balk at the idea of traipsing through an article and grinding out an extract. Yet, pleasantly, my first article was truly engaging. I found myself ferociously note taking rather than glancing at the page number and for once procrastination was no longer my destination.
The reading that triggered my interest? You and the Creative Process by Rabiger, M.
I don't think I have previously been as engaged with a writer, actor, artist who attempts to explain why we do what we do. Oftentimes, the true meaning gets lost in an exposition of how unique that particular artist is at doing what they do, or how inextricably attached they are to their art form.
Instead, Rabiger simply puts it that we have a desire to tell stories. A desire borne from a need to gain truth and understanding. Rabiger suggests that by creating and broadcasting stories we put forth our perception of circumstances, and this perception is then challenged, by our peers, by viewers, by critics, forcing us to better understand the circumstance that we begun with and in what other ways it can be interpreted.
Yet Rabiger notes that not all are at one with the creative process of story telling. Rather, it is only those who choose not to hide, that choose to dig deep into the core of their life, that are capable of making visible what a mirror cannot, and in turn, better their art form.
All in all, a great, succinct read that provides a breadth of food for thought.
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