My Newest Short Film: “Wholly Aware”

Although I’ve done it before, I’m always unsure of how to present these sorts of things. Whenever I create and release a film, I feel the desire to explain my thought process behind the concepts I was trying to explore, and the inspirations behind the piece. It’s finding the best way to convey all of this that always stumps me. There’s so much I can say about this film.

For those of you that have been following TheCreativeRoutine since the early days, you may recall the Blue Scholars interview I posted back in October. They cover several topics in the video, but what I want to focus on is their thoughts on imitation, influence, and creativity…particularly their thoughts on the concept “the spectacular fail.” The “spectacular fail” is what the Blue Scholars deem to be the original creation that occurs when creativity is combined with influence and inspiration. They talk about this especially in regards to film, which is why I bring it up. You can fast forward to about 2:40 to watch it, although I recommend watching the entire video if you have time. But I digress, back to my film.

Wholly Aware is ultimately an art piece about the process of inspired creation, “the art of making art.” I considered going into more depth on my thought process and inspirations right now, but that many paragraphs in one post is a bit much lol. So I’ll save it for a later post. Besides, I’d rather you all watch the film before delving deeper into my thoughts behind it.

But I shall say no more! Here it is: Wholly Aware. Please don’t hesitate to respond with any thoughts or questions, positive or negative.

Cheers folks.

The Spectacular Fail: Blue Scholars On Creativity and Cinemetropolis

After a four month hiatus from the channels of Vimeo, NYC photographer/filmmaker TONE has returned with a string of 3 new videos within a one-week span. The second of these three is the above video interview with Seattle-based hip hop duo, Blue Scholars.

Among the topics covered in this epic 8-minute piece are conformity in the music industry; imitation, influence, and creativity; and the conceptual idea of “the spectacular fail”.Quite an interesting and insightful piece indeed. Pay attention as Blue Scholars drops knowledge.

Cinemetropolis is slated to drop in 2011.

Often times it’s frustratingly easy for creative souls to run into a wall, a dry spell of mundane predictability where nothing we lay our hands upon seems fresh. No matter how hard we try, we fail to produce anything of tangible value. I named this blog TheCreativeRoutine because all of us go through periods where true creativity seems foreign to us, where the only routine we know is mediocre compromise and half-hearted pursuits. Habitual creativity is a learned practice. It takes time. It takes effort and commitment before creativity can really be routine in someone’s life. It’s something we’re all working for.

If you have sincere passion, a strong work ethic, and a will to create, there truly isn’t any creative undertaking you can’t conquer. Levi Maestro is evidence of that. The creator of Maestro Knows teamed up with Tone (another individual that knows what a creative routine is all about) to share his thoughts on creativity, drive, and achievement.

Go get it. Truly. No one else will bring it to you.

Thoughts anyone?