After attending Market Collective last Sunday, I was lucky enough to chat with Jacky Tang, the creator of a project called ThisIsCalgary. Tang started the project with a friend and set out to showcase what Calgary was all about by gathering insight and highlighting perspectives on local citizens. Tang considers himself an idea person and is inspired to be creative by having the ability to do it. He calls creativity "a form of social evolution."
At the start of the year, Tang and his friend started on the project with the goal of getting 10,000 Calgarians to fill out a mini background and take pictures in order to "create a portrait of who we are - our landscape and our people - and to show ourselves and the world This Is Calgary" (from their website). Two friends and I were lucky to be numbers 305, 306 and 307.
When asked if he thought if Calgary nurtures creativity, he thinks that "seeds of creativity are germinating, but compared to other cities in Canada, Calgary is still like a lost teenager figuring themselves out and deciding what kind of place it wants to become."
If you would like to be part of the 10,000 visit ThisIsCalgary at http://thisiscalgary.xyz/
At the start of the year, Tang and his friend started on the project with the goal of getting 10,000 Calgarians to fill out a mini background and take pictures in order to "create a portrait of who we are - our landscape and our people - and to show ourselves and the world This Is Calgary" (from their website). Two friends and I were lucky to be numbers 305, 306 and 307.
When asked if he thought if Calgary nurtures creativity, he thinks that "seeds of creativity are germinating, but compared to other cities in Canada, Calgary is still like a lost teenager figuring themselves out and deciding what kind of place it wants to become."
If you would like to be part of the 10,000 visit ThisIsCalgary at http://thisiscalgary.xyz/