Sustainability & Creativity

Alan sent in an additional musing on the post he made a couple of weeks back on sustainability. Here he brings in the creative/arts component. Have a look and let us know what YOU think.

Also, in the coming weeks we will be setting up a few community bloggers to drive the content on this blog. Alan, of course, is one of them. Rick Torgerson (West Point News) has also volunteered. Anyone else want to post announcements, news and views on community revitalization in the Blue Mountain area every now and again? If so, let me know (jmross@ucdavis.edu)

From Alan...

It seems the more I think about it the more fleshing out I want to do. I only mention in passing the importance of art and creativity and our support for those things. It occurs to me that if sustainability is to have any heart, if it is to be inspiring then the arts and creativity will be integral for any community to attract and keep individuals and families who can keep it alive. It will be active community minded people who will make self reliance work. Creativity is what makes those people work. Creativity is a currency and the larger our account the longer we last.