Creativity

Aug 17, 2010

Posted by: SuperJenn

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By the time you read this, a couple of weeks will have passed since I wrote it but it seems that the birthday of JKR and Harry Potter is an appropriate time to put some thoughts that have been bouncing around in my mind together.

About a week ago, I took a few days vacation and went to visit my dearest friend in a town not far from Orlando. I was arriving the day after this year’s Harry Potter conference ended so I also missed getting to see some of my other dearest friends that have come into my life as a result of the fandom. I don’t have to list them here because they know who they are but it is because of them that I craft and remain in the HP Fandom.

In hearing of some of my friends’ adventures at the latest event, it seems that a change has taken place within the fandom over the past year or so and those of us who lament the change don’t know why.

Creativity seems to have been pushed into the shadows. Yes, there’s some lurking in various places yet still such as the tutorials we have on our crafts pages here. But its out at events that it seems to be disappearing. Over the last few conferences that have taken place, creative sessions have slowly been outnumbered by other things — wrock concerts and other sessions. Fan fic readings and drabble nights seems to be fading.

Now don’t get me wrong, while I don’t care to go to wrock events, it doesn’t mean I don’t think we should have any. But I do believe in balance and it seems that the balance has been disrupted somehow.

Creativity is what gave us Harry Potter and his world. It’s a world that thrives on creativity and we cannot let that go. We must hold on to and preserve the magic.
Crafty Witch Mary (a.k.a. Dragonsinger)





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