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Text to Image – Artificially Intelligent Art or Synthesized Collages?
Werner Herzog as Superman in the style of Edward Hopper (Created on Midjourney) There have been a lot of newspaper column inches dedicated to Artificial Intelligence lately, specifically the huge leaps forward in AI assisted creative tools. Most of you will have heard of the conversational ChatGPT tool and it’s written content that it can churn out […]
Yer man is an absolute muppet!
A few years ago I had the honour of a puppet being made in my likeness. It was for a specia edition of my video series The Blast at Facebook/Meta. My onscreen persona was a shirt-and-tie late night host, with a humorous sensibility. We were putting together a blooper reel from my interviews and hosting […]
Wim Wenders on Creativity
The great German filmmaker Wim Wenders is someone I have long admired as a creative thinker. I was lucky enough to study his work when I was in college and it deepened my love for his artistic eye and his thoughtful creative sensibility. All of his films have a keen eye for beautiful composition (no […]
Ethan Hawke on Creativity: Play the fool
Ethan Hawke is an actor I love, and his worldview and thoughts on creativity always impress me. It’s hard not to warm to him in this video with such a lovely conversational take on the role of creativity. His thoughts are simple and direct but there’s also a real fire and passion driving him. This is 9 […]
Take a leap of faith with your creativity
I’ve been thinking about creative patterns and behaviours a lot recently. So often we follow tried and trusted paths for our creative pursuits. It’s easier. It’s comfortable. It works. But sometimes it’s worth taking a chance. A risk. Doing something a bit new. A bit unexpected. Something that might even be a bit scary. And […]
Space Matters – Surround Yourself With Creativity
My life has always been full of creativity. It was encouraged and celebrated in my home. Of course I didn’t realise it at first, because it felt completely normal to me. My father’s paintings and pastel drawings adorned our walls. My mother’s hand woven rugs and mats covered every conceivable corner. Creativity was all around […]
Elmore Leonard on writing
Hate writing, love rewriting.
Does anyone know what creativity is?
I’m fairly sure we all instinctively know creativity when we see it. We can even recognise our own sparks of creativity and ingenuity when they happen. But why do we have such a hard time defining what creativity is? It’s a great question. Alas there isn’t a simple answer. The dictionary definition of creativity (and […]
