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Last week, my friend, Elissa Perry<\/a>, a poet and a leadership consultant, asked me how my recent foray into “creative processes” was affecting how I thought about my work. She was referring specifically to my photography dabblings, but I was confused at first. I didn’t understand her distinction between “creative processes” and “my work,” because I always thought those two things were one and the same.<\/p>\n

Both my sisters are “artists” in the more traditional sense. My older sister is a violinist married to a composer. My younger sister got her MFA in creative writing, although she is now a practicing lawyer. While their mediums of choice are different from mine, I don’t see my work as being substantially different from theirs.<\/p>\n

I was in the business of designing experiences that facilitated high-performance collaboration. I used the same creative muscles that my sisters did to do their work, and I got to express myself in the process. My work stimulated me intellectually from solving a problem and emotionally from being creative. Like all art, the process of creation was sometimes a frustrating grind, but it was overall a wonderful, joyful experience. I’m feeling it right now as I design the next iteration of\u00a0Changemaker Bootcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, I came across the term, “social artist,”<\/a> from Nancy White<\/a> to describe this kind of work. I haven’t quite adopted it for myself, but I think it’s an apt description.<\/p>\n

As for Elissa’s original question, here are some recent musings about how my photography has affected my other creative processes:<\/p>\n