The dispersion of self-proclaimed elite creatives has infiltrated every inch of the internet. Our surroundings include a plethora of products disguised as unprecedented originality but are merely cloned ideas of the next so-called creative. In the essence, do creatives truly create anymore? When is the last time you browsed through social media, an online store, or media content and observed innovation instead of duplication? Well, it’s been a long time for me as well. I understand the idea of “get rich quick” and people pouncing on a lucrative concept but those people should not refer to themselves as creatives. Instead, they should be known as…well at this point it doesn’t matter. I’m not here to bash those of us who have adopted the title of creative but have yet to produce an creation (I say Us because I have fallen guilty to this action also) but rather, challenge those of us who are equipped with talent and vision to actually create something that enhances our creative culture. It can be artworks that destroy society’s repose, designs that demolish the runways to high fashion’s gatekeepers, or even film that provokes a questioning of Quentin Tarantino’s legacy…and so on. It is that level of creativity that we indie creators possess but fail to execute…because we don’t see anyone else doing it. Well, that is sort of the fucking point. We all have the power to create profound things that will shape the world around us, yet would rather clone ourselves to the closest dollar. I’m not preaching as that’s not my lane but since I had to challenge myself to actually create something, I figured I’d challenge you all to do the same. Remember, we don’t revolve around culture, we evolve culture.
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