I'm with John in that I think the financial crisis is an opportunity for
arts-based thinking/work. As we start to move beyond the initial panic
responses and start to look for new practices that may be better suited to
working with the complexities of the world the arts offers a lot.
- Steve
On 3/31/09 9:51 AM, "John Cimino" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jügen,
>
> Thanks for reviving your timely question. There are probably many unique
> responses to the economic crisis from within our profession. Many of my
> American colleagues are impacted by their major clients' withdrawal into a
> reactive state of innovation dormancy and short-term thinking. We believe
> this protective mode will soon produce its own problems. Creativity,
> innovation and artful thinking are needed now more than ever. Some of us
> practitioners are endeavoring to position ourselves in anticipation of this
> second realization, that creativity holds at least some of the keys to working
> ourselves out of the mire of the present economy. I also find more and more
> pracitioners turning to one another in what feels like a very healthy
> dialogue, establishing bonds of friendship and a level of sharing more rare in
> prosperous times. I experience this as a silver lining to the present crisis,
> something from which much good may come.
>
> Secondly, I also perceive at least some of our arts/aesthetics dialogue
> merging with the dialogue around "design thinking" which may result in some
> healthy cross-fertilization and a strenghtening of the cases for both in the
> wider world.
>
> I look forward to your comments and others as well. Our own community might
> well be strengthened by this dialogue. Best.
>
> John
>
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