As a writer, I am compelled to describe and illuminate all things with words, sentences, paragraphs, written language. But design, art, and creativity in general do not readily render themselves as candidates for such expression. That is because there is hardly any consensus on what these things are, let alone why they are. 

 

So, instead of getting myself into all kinds of knots and twists trying to represent all opinions on the subjects, I will focus only on the 'why', specifically my 'why' for it is the only one I feel comfortable enough to explore and express in written language. 

 

Disappointingly, my 'why' is a generic one,  a noncommittal one, a vague one, a slippery one. My why is about how creativity, art, and design expands the possibilities and realities of our existence and lived experiences beyond what nature intended.  I believe it is only through art and design that we can truly find ourselves, linked but unconstrained by the strings that connect us to one another, to our environments and to the world, to reality and beyond, outside the bounds of space and time.