Drobtinice iz studia/A Little Crumbs from my Studio

Ustvarjalnost in umetnost nista pomembni!

Kako velikokrat slišim, da umetnost ni pomembna. Da ustvarjalnost ni pomembna. Da smo samozaposleni v kulturi navadni lenuhi. Pa je res tako? Bi bil svet res boljši brez ustvarjalnosti in umetnosti?

Kaj nas ne spremlja ustvarjalnost, umetnost od samega začetka, če imamo srečo? Ko za naše rojstvo starši prejmejo čudovito voščilnico, za katero si je nekdo vzel čas, da jo je nekdo ilustriral in oblikoval. Izbral pravi papir in lepo natisnil.

Ko imamo lepe sobe, z ličnim pohištvom, ki ga je nekdo oblikoval, pobarval in izdelal. Ko naše omare, še posebno, če ljubimo knjige, postanejo mini knjižnice. Knjige in slikanice so izjemen portal v mnoge svetove, ki bogatijo našo domišljijo in jo ohranjajo živo. 
Kakšna bi bila šola brez slikovnega in drugega uporabnega gradiva? Učbeniki in delovni zvezki brez slik, ilustracij, brez primernega oblikovanja? 

Da ne naštevam še druga področja, ki potrebujejo pri oblikovanju in izdelavi občutek za estetiko: radijski in TV programi, glasba, videoposnetki, oblikovanje prevoznih sredstev, oblačil, embalaža za hrano, pohištvo in drugi izdelki,  …

Ustvarjalnost nam v življenju pomaga, da na čim boljši način rešujemo probleme, s katerimmi se soočamo. Kakšen bi bil svet poln ustvarjalnih ljudi? Ljudi, ki bi iskali in našli rešitve? Ki bi svoj ustvarjalni potencial pretvarjali in vnovčili za lepši, boljši svet? Kako bi živeli? 
Bi bil svet res boljši brez umetnosti in ustvarjalnosti?

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Creativity and Art Don’t Matter!

How often do I hear it—
“Art doesn’t matter.”
“Creativity doesn’t matter.”
“People in the creative industries are just lazy.”
But… is that really true? Would the world really be a better place without creativity and art?

Isn’t creativity with us from the very beginning—if we’re lucky?

When we’re born, maybe our parents receive a beautiful card. Someone took the time to illustrate it, to design it thoughtfully. They picked the right paper, printed it nicely. That’s art.

We grow up in rooms filled with carefully designed furniture—painted, crafted, shaped by someone’s vision. Our bookshelves, especially for those of us who love to read, become mini libraries. And books, picture books, are magical portals into countless worlds. They feed our imagination, keep it alive.

What would school be like without visual materials?

Textbooks and workbooks without images, illustrations, or thoughtful design? Lifeless and dull.

And let’s not even get started on all the other fields that need a strong sense of aesthetics: Radio and TV, music, videos, the design of cars, clothes, food packaging, furniture, and countless everyday products.

Creativity helps us solve the problems we face in life in the best possible way.

What kind of world would we live in if it were filled with creative thinkers?

With people who search for solutions—and find them.

With people who turn their creative potential into something real, something that makes the world better, more beautiful.

So again: would the world really be better without art and creativity?