Creative Thought Space |
Jack Vero | Santa Monica, CA, USA | www.pilotpigproductions.com
Film Director, Founder of Pilot Pig Productions
What do you think being creative means?
It’s about seeing things as they might be, instead of just as they are. Where most people saw a big rock Michelangelo saw the Madonna.
How do you include creativity in your life?
It’s such a natural process it’s so innate to my personality that I don’t know what it’d be like to not be creative. It’s all I know. So I don’t really have to include it, it’s just already there.
What are your thoughts on how your life has influenced your creative imagination, and how your creative imagination has influenced your life?
I don’t really live within the confines of normalcy and I think creativity is the culprit. If you can’t imagine a world beyond the horizon you’ll never venture out there to find it. People get caught within the constructs of a tiny slice of time and space and if you want to transcend that it takes a little imagination.
What, if any, exercises do you do to get into a creative mode?
I just follow my inspiration at any particular moment. If I’m in the middle of web design and I get an urge to play piano I’ll drop everything and just do that for a week. I don’t work with deadlines, which gives me the freedom to be spontaneous. I find this to be the most efficient method because when I force myself to do something I’m not interested in I don’t learn as well and the quality of the end product suffers.
How important do you think creativity is in life?
Creativity is the root of innovation. A world without creativity would have no progress.
It’s about seeing things as they might be, instead of just as they are. Where most people saw a big rock Michelangelo saw the Madonna.
How do you include creativity in your life?
It’s such a natural process it’s so innate to my personality that I don’t know what it’d be like to not be creative. It’s all I know. So I don’t really have to include it, it’s just already there.
What are your thoughts on how your life has influenced your creative imagination, and how your creative imagination has influenced your life?
I don’t really live within the confines of normalcy and I think creativity is the culprit. If you can’t imagine a world beyond the horizon you’ll never venture out there to find it. People get caught within the constructs of a tiny slice of time and space and if you want to transcend that it takes a little imagination.
What, if any, exercises do you do to get into a creative mode?
I just follow my inspiration at any particular moment. If I’m in the middle of web design and I get an urge to play piano I’ll drop everything and just do that for a week. I don’t work with deadlines, which gives me the freedom to be spontaneous. I find this to be the most efficient method because when I force myself to do something I’m not interested in I don’t learn as well and the quality of the end product suffers.
How important do you think creativity is in life?
Creativity is the root of innovation. A world without creativity would have no progress.
