Everyone's Creative Manifesto
Everyone's Creative is a big idea, and big ideas need some guidance to keep them on track. This manifesto is where I've tried to articulate what all of this is about. These are core values, things I believe deep down to be true and good and right.
I don't know where this is going to end up, but this is the direction we're going. This is what it's about:
🛑 Everyone is Creative
You're a human. You can't opt out of this. You can't take it away from others.
🙅♀️ Reject Dogma
Recognize that rules can provide structure, but that authority can snuff out creativity.
🚀 Challenge Systems
There's no "one right way" to do anything. Nothing is impossible to try. There's always another way to do it.
🔨 Embrace Luddism
Technology should empower creativity, not compel it. Nobody should have power over what and how you create. We need to protect that power for each other at all costs.
🧬 Demystify the Process
Remember that how you work is not what gives you value - your value is inherent to your being. Secrecy leads us into obscurity and isolation. When we're separated, we're vulnerable.
Seeing how things are done lowers barriers and opens doors - that's the life cycle of art. Creativity isn't magic, so don't treat it that way. Let others in.
🎁 Share as Much as You Can
Don't hoard ideas or resources. Make things other people can use.
🎈 Empower Each Other
Working alone can be wonderful. Existing alone is a nightmare. Empower, teach, uplift - whatever you have to provide, someone else likely needs. We're all stronger when we all help in our way.
🧠 Create with Care
Recognize that creativity is neither good nor evil - but that it is powerful. You are responsible for your ideas and for what you create. Remember that you can cause great harm - by accident or by choice. You need to choose not to.
🐒 Have Fun
We have an incredible capacity to remove joy from the most important things in our lives. Never forget that, as important as it might be, it should also be fun.
These are promises and guiding principles. This is what Everyone's Creative is about. It's a commitment and a challenge. It's a compass and a goal post. It's the least we can do and it's an impossible feat. It'll be hard and it'll be fun!