creativity and my left hand

so a friend asked if i've gotten more creative since using my left hand because it's a well known fact that lefties are more creative than the rest of us and i said yes! absolutely! the ideas have just come pouring out of me since i got this damn cast on my right hand and iN FACT i have filled up so so so many notebooks with thoughts and bits of dialogue and character sketches that it would make your head spin.

only problem is i CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING. at all. and neither can anyone else.

this is a true post. i'm not making any of this up.

Creativity and gender

The visit to Studio 5 today was lots of fun. There wasn't as much time to talk about the questions (listed in my previous post) as I would have liked. So I thought I'd respond to one a day for the next week here. Feel free to jump into the conversation.

First question--"Do women have an innate desire to create?"

Okay, the subtext here (I think) is this: are women more inherently creative than men? At least that's how I understood the question. And I have to say I don't think there's much difference between the sexes on this front. I am surrounded by creative men who cartoon, blog, write, and do wood-working projects. So, in my experience, the differences break down along invidual lines rather than gender lines. I was interested in Shannon's response--that creativity in women is often labeled as "craft" rather than art. And I was interested in the remark our male host made today off camera--that women are allowed to do crafts in a way that guys aren't. He likes to scrapbook, he said. And you should see the looks on people's faces when he lets people know.

It was Cool Treats Made with Peanut Butter Day in the studio. The peanut butter desert souffle was great-looking and an interesting thought. But hmmm. Didn't care for the texture, really. On the other hand, the peanut butter pie (served, I'm told, at the Dodo) was COMPLETELY KILLER. Meanwhile I stole some rice krispies treats while no one was looking. I put them in my purse and left the building and no one stopped me.

Asking for your input

I wish I had thought of this earlier, in fact.

Here are the questions Brooke is planning to ask on Studio 5 tomorrow. Tell me how you would respond.
1. Do women have an innate desire to create?
2. Does every woman have creative potential?
3. How can we tap into our creative selves?
4. Does creativity require risks? What is the gretest risk you've taken?
5. What are the rewards?

There's also a bit on the website, asking readers to identify "creativity" triggers. What works for you?
1. magazines/books
2. browsing the internet
3. talking with others
4. family life
5. working out
6. nature/music

I plan to eat a good salad with a mustardy dressing today btw. Bacon will be involved.

KSL Studio Five

On Monday I've been invited by KSL Studio Five to sit in on a discussion of women and creativity. I think it airs at 11:00, so feel free to tune in. If you can help me develop a wardrobe concept (as my friend Lisa says) I'd appreciate it. So far I've decided to wear earrings.

I don't know what I'm going to say, however. To be perfectly honest, I haven't spent a lot of time analyzing my own creativity--really, the whole creative process is a mystery to me, too. About the only thing I can say with any certainty is that I feel better when I'm actively engaged in a project than when I'm not.

I ate a grilled shrimp taco at Rubio's yesterday. And then I drove to Emigration Market and bought a milk chocolate cake in a lovely leetle box from Emigration Market. I felt very French buying that fancy cake. So yeah. I'm just like a French woman. Only bigger.