What Are Your Barriers?
So I’m relaxing, reading a fantasy magazine (okay, Country Living) and there is a two page spread on traditional crafts - rag rugs. The text prosiacly describes their necessity - cold floors, long winter evenings, and rags torn from old clothes. The photos show something else entirely.Whimsical or serious, abstract or concrete, it’s art you most often just wipe your feet on.
And this brought me to think…our ancestors were life-long creators, partly out of necessity. To keep your feet warm or to hear music, someone had to create it. Are we life-long creators? No! We’re consumers. We’re passive. In complete contrast to almost everyone 75 or more years ago.
The question is what to do. And the one that occurs to me first is to think about what are the barriers to creative activities. And it’s easy to develop a list; it’s just not sufficient. So here goes the start of my list
Time
Inclination – that is what interests me.
Opportunity
Cost
Experience
What’s Yours?
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