Social media and creativity.

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How do you define creativity? Does the same definition apply to everyone?
Social media and creativity aren’t as far apart as you’d think. Social media is creativity. A whole host of websites pop-up everyday offering us new mediums to express ourselves in. We have been through a renaissance of sorts in terms of how we have come to express ourselves. We have moved away from stifling definitions of ‘art’ and ‘creativity’ to a more accessible and malleable one and it’s become so for both artists and consumers.
The beauty of social media is that it’s allowed us to expand our idea of creativity. It’s no longer limited to a canvas. Who would have thought paintings by the great masters could have haikus written about them or that we now have Greek gods exploring feelings of teenage angst in fanfictions? I have interpretations and re-interpretations of canonical works at my fingertips…

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