THE REASONS CBC FIRED EVAN SOLOMON

CBC says it fired Evan Solomon for using his position to sell art.  There were other reasons that did not make the news.

The CBC fired Evan Solomon because . . . 

- Pictures surfaced of Solomon in a hot tub massaging Prime Minister Stephen Harper;

- Solomon was late delivering pizza to a CBC executive party;

- During his annual performance review, Solomon was unable to answer the question: Why did the chicken watch CBC?

- The CBC found out about Solomon's job as Mike Duffy's personal trainer;

- CBC is testing Solomon's sense of humor to see whether he can take a joke;

-  The CBC found out that Stephen Harper was about to appoint Solomon to the Senate  (Hot tub massages can get you somewhere);  and finally,

The CBC fired Evan Solomon because Evan Solomon sexually assaulted Jian Ghomeshi.

LITTLE KNOW FACTS ABOUT SOME ARTISTS

Leonardo da Vinci loved dressing up as a women.  This is a self-portrait:

Poor Salvador Dali!  He could never figure out where to buy good-quality clocks.

Edvard Munch painted the first person exposed to rap music.

Vincent van Gogh had laser-eye surgery to correct his vision.  Unfortunately the surgeons had not perfected the technique.

Pablo Picasso took a jigsaw puzzle, and painted the what he saw after dumping the pieces from the box to the floor.

And finally, Doctor Griffin, The Invisible Man, loved painting self-portraits.

 

RELATIVELY SPEAKING . . .

ON CREATIVITY AND CACA

My good friend David Fontana, in his book Creative Meditation and Visualization, wrote about the importance of going inside to communicate with our inner being.  Communication with our inner being is important for self discovery and well being.

 

As children, we unknowingly communicated with our inner being by drawing and coloring pictures.  We did this joyfully until we developed an inner critic as we were taught not to trust ourselves; to look outside for the answers instead of inside.

The process of communicating with our inner being is important.  The art or writing that results from this process is not important.  It is a by-product just as caca is a by-product from the process of  nourishing our bodies. Unless you are making political speeches, caca is not important.  The process of eating for nourishment is.

By focusing on the process and not the by-product, there is no reason to be blocked or to wait for elusive and capricious inspiration.   Two of the ways you can focus on the process of communicating with your inner being are free writing, and free drawing.   The result is not important.  It is caca.

No longer is it necessary to get upset if someone looks at your art or writing and says, "That's a piece of shit!"  He or she is right.  It is the by-product from the nourishment process of communicating with your inner being. 

Your inner being,  the deep mystery inside you,  is not elusive or capricious.  It is always there just waiting for you to start a conversation.