TRANSFORMATIONS (or, Why an Essay about the First Gulf War appears in a Blog about Creativity)

Performers on stage? Soldiers ready for battle? Protesters lining the streets? That’s the thing about moments of transformation. There are usually multiple, simultaneous forces at work. In this month’s blog post at 1AU Global Media, we consider moments of transformation, when real world events intersect with lives pursuing creative expression.

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PORTMANTEAU

If you want to make new things, you need to know the history of field in which you’re working. A working knowledge of the past gives you tools to function in the present.  Woody Allen couldn’t exist without Groucho Marx knocking ash from his cigar. The Tesla couldn’t exist without the Prius silently pulling out of the garage.

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