Someone told me once that Calgary isn't a city booming with creative ideas, similar to Vancouver or Toronto. "It's an oil and gas town." they said, "people are more concerned with going to work and making money, than the world around them." I though about what this person had said for a while and decided, they're wrong. Everywhere I look in Calgary I see inspired individuals demonstrating their creativity. I believe that to be creative doesn't mean you have to be an artist or musician. There are hardworking university students who bake in the short amount of spare time they have, and make amazing (and tasty) creations that no one will ever see or taste, because they aren't meant to stand out, they're expressive of that individual. Or those who want to play a pick-up game of soccer with their friends but due to a lack of nets, they're forced to use their shoes as goal posts. Creativity isn't dead in Calgary, it's all about perception and how you define creativity. All around us people are thinking of creative initiatives to solve problems, or distinct ways to express themselves. Sure, arts and culture are great, but what about the thousands of other Calgarians who demonstrate their personalized creativity in other ways? Creative people and ideas are all around us here in Calgary, it is up to us to open our eyes and our minds to the broad spectrum the is creativity.
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