Evolution As Creation
Brewed on May 16th, 2008 by Troy Meyer
I want to start this post by clarifying something.
This is not about Creation vs. Evolution.
It actually has nothing to do with the beginning of any species. This is a post about creativity. Now that we have established this, let’s move on…
I just finished watching Iron Man and I can’t express how badly I want one of those suits, probably the silver one. I walked away from the movie thinking, “That movie was amazing!”…
More importantly though, and more on-topic, I was thinking about how far these comic book movies have come. When my brother and I were younger we were marginally intrigued by comic books — I think he was, and continues to be, more interested than me. We read comics, we drew comics, we set up a small studio in the basement replete with two desks and work lamps so we could draw until our mom told us it was time for bed.
You Don’t Need to Invent It
I always made my brother mad. I have always been a writer, but fairly proficient at drawing as well. He had the best ideas, he would scribble down a simple character and the stories and history behind his character were always so much cooler than mine. My characters had big muscles and fancy shading, but his characters had real depth and personality.
So I started refining his characters on paper. He felt I was trying to one-up him, but I wasn’t. I just loved what he had started with and wanted to see where I could go with it. His creation inspired me to create my own, similar — but as I always told him — very different creation.
Stop Thinking It Needs to Be Original
Creativity is not always original. I think it is a mistake to call anything “original” because everything is based on something else. We take from the recesses of our memories and experiences and create something based on what we know. It would be impossible for us to create anything truly original, because in order for anything to come from us, it at some point had to come to us. (more…)
