Road blocks, challenges and problems are a norm in the lives of creators. As is evident from several artists and creators who talk about rising to fanfare from the bottom and from scratch, creativity and artistry is no mean feat. It takes a lot of courage to convert artisanship and creativity as a vocation. Although there are a number of examples from film makers to videographers to writers and painters they are of very few…
Several kinds of art, creation and production requires collaborative effort. Although creativity exists in individual isolation, some forms of creativity gets enhanced when combined with other forms of creativity. The perfect example of this is a music production. It takes a collaborative effort from both the instrumental artists and vocal artists to put up a creative music production. Although instrumentals and vocals can subsist in isolation, their combination provides completes to the musical production. To…
The foundation of Tartl is based on art, creation and community. The building that Tartl is would gradually fall even if one of these pillars is taken away. Building a community is more than just an exercise. It is a way of expression which itself is an art. Community building is more worthwhile than its explicit functional benefits. The explicit functional benefits being more supports and more engagements. But apart from that it is very…
Building Tartl was based on two critical reasons. One was that, creativity and art is withering away given how the world has become mechanistic and industrialized. Mechanization leads to slow deterioration of requirement of creativity. Art was and has been in the forefront of completely turning the world order turtle. Revolutions that marked the dawn of liberalism, democracy and republics were brought forth with the power of art. There is never a dearth of art,…
The popular French novelist, playwright and journalist Émile Zola once said, “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” This quote exactly captures the emotions that run behind a creator. Living out loud and speaking through art and creativity forms the nerve center of human existence. Creators and arts do not speak or live out loud in vacuum.…
