So I've been assigned to make multiple collages for a painting class of mine and I've been thinking about creating things. A lot of what we consider to be a great new idea turns out to be a couple of old ideas in a costume hanging out together so that nobody recognizes them anymore.
And recently I've heard of the idea that many people who create a thing have no idea what that thing will be used for. For instance there are people who have created a water filter that works by pedaling a bicycle, so that people in South Asian and African countries who have to travel to their water can have clean water.
Which by the way could be the cause of some of the next major wars. With the continuing population boom; water, especially clean water is increasingly in demand. There are even people who are buying up water rights in Texas so that in a decade or two they can capitalize off of the needs of cities to have water.
Which brings me back to creating things. In modern American society much of what people do is consume, and serve and never do we really create items. This was started way back in the 70s when business culture went from a model of long term stability and value to short term profit and high risk/high return ventures. So creating things came out as a negative as it took time and resources without large returns where everyone could get rich quick.
The addage goes that everyone wants to create and no one wants to maintain anything, but I think it's more that creators think that everything that they make ought to be maintained without their input and a ride for life off of one act.
Which is why I think journalists are dying off. People don't care about articles for the most part as they are not interactive and everyone wants to have their own two cents counted. Writers are disappointed when their articles aren't read and people turn directly to sports, stocks and editorials.
I don't think bloggers want to be journalists or that journalists create news. So I won't cry when the newspaper dies. Ads were their business and not the news, I just hope that they realize that for the most part unlike me, people don't actively want their destruction.
For most people the most beautiful thing they can hear is "I'm listening" and have that statement be true.
We all want to create a new thing and have someone care. Anyway if you got something to show and tell lemme know. It's worth a try.
