written by
natasha berta
How do you read?
Through the process of our reflective imaginations we make stuff up, and the stuff we make up is somehow germinated by the text(s) of the world. How do you think this connects to the evocative comment of Ben Okri’s revisionary Don Quixote, when he says in Okri’s...
The illusion of creativity
I've had mixed feelings about the theoretical readings provided in ALL705 including "The Production of Creativity" by Daniel Allington, 2011. At times I get a sense of being understood, of validation. Other times I think these writers have too much spare time and...
Theft or Combinatory Art?
The discussion of "Theft or Combinatory Art" makes me think about a repeated response I hear from artists when they are asked: "what is your inspiration?" Often they say it's their creative community; their friends & fellow writers, artists and performers. Are...
The time after others
Morning birds sang their cacophony. Her heavy blinds stirred slightly; nothing could keep out the intense morning light. Mid-spring sunshine sharpened the walls of the house, and rested like the tip of a fan upon a white blind and made a blue finger-print of shadow...