In Unison Presents: The Creative Issue
As you can already tell, this is a much different issue of In Unison. In the Creative Issue, we feature some of the most stimulating work of creatives at Unitec. Through putting together this issue, I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing people. All of the featured artists are incredibly thoughtful and inspiring people, (you have all been such a pleasure to work with). I could not have pulled any of this off without the help of our three photographers, Julia, Talia, and Sanji or without the marvellous designer Mark Lovatt. I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart for all the extra time and enthusiasm you have all contributed to this issue.
In each of the interviews that I had with our featured creatives, I asked “What is your personal definition of creativity?” (Responses on pg. 57). In doing so, I find it only fair to generate my own definition through what I’ve learned about the vast nature of creative thinking. Creativity is not something that can be planned. Rather, creativity comes from a subconscious interpretation of events. Our minds are constantly processing the people and settings that surround us. Creativity is the regurgitation of our right brain spitting it back out with a twist of imagination. Every person maintains the ability to be creative. Sometimes the best way to express it comes from a release of routine and of linear thinking, which leaves us with the integrity of our unplanned, liberated minds. I encourage each of you to make the effort to discover the way that you best express your own form of creativity.
” Creativity is the quality that you bring to the activity that you are doing. It is an attitude, an inner approach – how you look at things . . . Whatsoever you do, if you do it joyfully, if you do it lovingly, if your act of doing is not purely economical, then it is creative.” – Osho