On my bedroom wall... hangs a priceless Picasso.
Wait a minute, before you dismiss me with a casual “so what?” allow me to tell you how this little beauty found its way into my room...
At the WoW seminars, which is where I have been spending most of my time lately, there is hardly ever a dull moment. You see, we tackle a myriad of topical issues and engage in intellectually stimulating debates most of the times. However, if you had strayed into the Graduate School seminar room last Thursday, you would have been forgiven for thinking that Wits had taken its social responsibility portfolio a notch higher by providing Day Care for the children of the staff members.
The place looked like a kindergarten class. There were crayons, coloured paper, scissors, glue, glitter, wrapping paper… all over the floor. For nearly half an hour, we cut, we pasted, we drew, we glued… Our first production depicted our inner critic. Believe me, the images in the room were non-descript and generally quite boring!
Then, we were commissioned to draw pictures that portrayed our creative side. This was when the masterpieces were born. Our collective creative juices started flowing freely and flamboyantly, we were unstoppable. In fact, there were at least two artists in the room whose illustrations were 3-dimensional. Maxwell took it a step further and spun a complete narrative on his canvas. … I felt like a child gone wild with excitement or perhaps it was more like a prisoner tasting freedom after years of incarceration…
Interesting how believing in oneself, one's abilities as well as a positive attitude can change one's whole perception of life. Roy pointed out that there is a need to break out of the rule-bound thinking, and that playing is fun and a great motivator. For me, there is no looking back. I am now on a journey to re-discover my wildly creative side. Let freedom reign… yipeeee!!!
P.S: For all you art collectors out there (and those who appreciate the finer things in life), this particular masterpiece will not be up for sale any time soon…
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Susan,
You captured the feeling of release that accompanied the leggo-ing of our 'creative monsters' quite eloquently.It was a fun day and a great learning curve. It is good to 'play' sometimes, we should use the right side of our brains more often.
Susan, definitely everybody was "creative" that day during Roy's presentation. Everybody was stimulated and had fun.
It is a pity now that the programme has come to an end.
I feel as if part of my "creativity" has passed away: the "creativity" of your own emotions; your ideas; your relationships with others; your interaction with them-the things that you do together.
I will really miss this time. But let's be creative on how to keep our social bonds alive, regardless the constraints of time, distance, time availibility and personal differences!
Anybody could suggest anything?
How could we be "creative" to keep our unity and relationship alive and together?
How could we still be the same "TEAM" from now on, as we were the "TEAM" before?
Please, give ideas, be "creative"!
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