Ruth and I went for a walk last autumn where we were talking about creativity and why we don’t see it out in the wild like we used to. We could wax lyrical about the failure to invest in the creative arts… or we could encourage creativity. Always wanting to be part of the solution rather than the problem, we picked the latter. For the last 9 months or so we have been planning events to encourage creativity in the place where we live. I am fortunate that in my role as parish priest, I have a really supportive community at Holy Nativity who encourage us to do this kind of thing. So we have organised a few live music performances – something we hope to continue to do over coming years. And as part of this drive for creativity, we’ve organised a Multi Arts Retreat next week.
