i am a creative

last week, i was one with my group to observe the national arts month, with our own version of celebrating.  we invited ron david, an art collector and emmanuel garibay, a known visual artist to share with us their thoughts on art.  one of the activities we hosted was the art encounter, wherein we invited artists, students, teachers and enthusiasts to participate in the forum and witness the demo done by the guest artist.  and from what i gather, not all of the attendees, including the members of the host group, burikbutikan, can call themselves "creatives". 

it was only lately that i have come across the word and its new use and meaning.  and i have realized that the word creative has somehow evolved from being just an adjective to now being a noun!  amazing!  bwahahaha!

but, can we call our lot, creatives?  this question has made me do a lot of soul-searching and reflection.  and i asked myself this, what really is a creative?
after a lot of thoughts, reads and searches, i realized that the word really refers to a new and emerging class of people.  so here goes my take on the word, the class, the person:

a creative is an artist.  not just a painter or a musician or a writer, but someone who sees the world a little differently than others.

a creative is an individual.  someone unique, someone who does not fit into any box.  (no pun intended.  bwahahaha!)  people see creatives as iconoclasts; others see them as rebels.   both are actually apt.

a creative is a thought leader, influencing people not necessarily through personality but through innate gifts and talents.
and i went further with this:  what does a creative do?  good question. . .sometimes they do not even know.  bwahahaha!

but after, again, much thought, i know that a creative creates art. (hello?)  not to make a buck, but to make a difference.  she writes to write, not to be noticed.  sings to sing, for the pure joy of making music.  and she paints to paint.  and so on. . .

a creative colours outside the lines.  on purpose.  in so doing, she shows the world a whole new picture they never would have otherwise seen.

a creative breaks the rules.  and as a result, she sets a new standard to follow.
with the state we are in:  our world, our environment, the youth, i know we need creatives.  and truth is, we need more creatives in positions of influence - to colour the world with beauty and life.

creatives craft poetry in a world that is otherwise content with prose.  they bring art to areas where there is only architecture.

creatives help us see life in a new light - to perceive a new dimension, a deeper way of encountering what we know.  and we need more of those kinds of leaders.

don't you agree?

here's the thing, i am a creative!  bwahahaha! 

ilysm!  
you have painted my world colourful!  ♥ ♥ ♥