Essay Creativity
There is something faintly unsettling about a public space that has been designed to leave no trace of the people using it. Everything is clean, efficient, and can be wiped down before morning. Very impressive. Also a little dead. We have become rather skilled at...Essay Creativity
We seem to like creativity best when it arrives after everything serious has already been decided. Once the plans are approved, the budget is settled, and the room has agreed to remain exactly as it is, someone suggests a mural. Perhaps a poem. Maybe a community arts...Essay Creativity
Somewhere along the way, we began treating creativity as a pleasant extra. Useful for festivals. Lovely in schools, until the serious subjects arrive. Welcome in public life, provided it stays cheerful, photogenic, and does not interfere with the actual decisions....