Jim Wall Creativity

Can AI Rock?

/ No Comments I usually don’t ask my AI friend, “Q” for help in writing a blog. I like to write the old-fashioned way, with all the warts and imperfections that come from being human.

What is Creativity?

/ No Comments I’d like to offer a definition of creativity: Using the resources God has given you to make something that benefits you and others. The first thing to notice in this definition is that we don’t create out of nothing. There are always resources that we draw from. Resources include raw materials, such as paper, pen, piano, pipe.

What Does it Mean to be Gentle as a Christian Creative?

/ No Comments We’re all worried that we’re going to be taken advantage of. Or, that we’re not going to get what’s ours. The reality is: you might not get what’s yours, and it’s very likely you will be taken advantage of at some point in your life. Almost all creatives have experienced this. Gentleness, a fruit of the Spirit, feels like anti-Darwinism.… Read More You May Also Like

How has God Built You?

Re Sonnet 73 blogs Associated Possibilities Do What You Can’t / No Comments There are many things in life we simply cannot do. We can’t walk on the moon without a spacesuit, assuming we’re somehow able to get there. Most of us will never be professional athletes. Depositing a billion dollar check is not on our immediate horizon.

What’s Your Creative Lever?

/ 2 Comments The process of creativity can be daunting. There’s so much raw material to choose from, and things can get complicated fairly quickly. In music, for instance, there is a near infinite selection of note combinations, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, counter and polyrhythms.