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How creativity is killing the culture

So, what a buzz kill. Way to put a stop to my future. I really wish that I had not read this article, I could have really done without it. I for one am one of those "impressionable young people" that fell victim to all this "be creative nonsense." It was always a nice feeling when your teacher said you were the best drawer in the class and when I got ribbons for my artwork and whatnot. What's wrong with wanting to be creative? I've had good grades all of my life and probably could have done anything besides art, but I decided to take the art route because I love and appreciate art. I could look at artwork all day and be content. I've always wanted to travel the world and study art. But why should I now since creativity is such a burden to our culture. I mean, I guess that I can see where he's coming from in some of his points. As in, that our culture is breeding so many "creative people" that the artists with the real talent are being overlooked. I mean, I get that. really, but that doesnt mean that every person sho chooses art as there career have no real talent that's worth bothering over.

If its anything that destroying our culutre, its technology. Technology is allowing people to be less community based and more individually based. It allows everyone to make those personal websites that most people dont care about and blogs and nonsense videos on youtube. But it doesnt hurt anyone. Who cares if people want to be creative every now and then? Technology allows them to in their free time, personally. If someone has a problem with all this talk about being creative, then just ignore it. Also, that's not even exactly true, our culture isn't even enforcing everyone to be creative in the sense to go out and make artwork. It's just giving people advice to make their life more interesting, to spice it up. Who cares if most of these people wont ever make artwork worth looking at, if it makes them feel better about themselves, to go ahead!

Furthermore, all that talk about not caring if it's wrong and blah blah, why is that so wrong? What's wrong with giving people some positive feedback and hope. Some of these young people that he talks about, some of them have had rough lifes and maybe their creative mindsets help them through the rough days. There are so many ways in which I dont agree with this article, so many.