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Philip Patston briefly looks back over 2011 and says goodbye to his Creative Collide blog on The Big Idea.

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I've been noticing this in so many people lately that I just have to rant about it: entitlement.

Why do people think they're entitled to anything? Read More »

By Philip Patston

Recently I ran a Diversity Inquiry ("DIV:INQ") workshop as part of Diversityworks Trust's How Diversity Works exhibition. We ran it at 5.30pm, in an art gallery, with food and wine. Over forty people came. Read More »

Philip Patston reveals a discovery that literally left him reeling for a moment. After spending twenty years understanding and helping others to understand diversity, he's realised he needs to change his whole direction - from helping people to grow, to letting them decay. Read More »

In Philip Patston's various roles he does quite a lot of communicating and a fair bit of fixing things when they go wrong. He shares his experience that, when things go wrong, they often do so because of what was - or wasn't - communicated. Read More »

Philip Patston talks about funding a personal creative project, starting a unique ability arts movement in New Zealand and rethinking funding processes for an uncertain future. Read More »

Philip Patston reflects on the power of being wrong and how good at it the creative community is. He also shares a personal insight into his own fallibility. Read More »

Philip Patston explores 'unschooling' and laments his own creative education.

"I missed out on perspective, post-modernism and portraiture. Who knows how that kind of learning would have shaped my adolescent brain?" Read More »

By Philip Patston

Most societies in the modern world invest a lot of time, money and importance in creating certainty*. Religious leaders preach about a certain god. Politicians debate over certain policy. Businesses plan for certain outcomes and profits. The media provides certain commentary. Accountants assure us of certain financial strategies. Read More »

Philip Patston says he started the year not with a resolution, but with an awareness of three things he wants for himself and his endeavours in 2011 - impact, influence and legitimacy.

"Often I have worked against the status quo, the laws and rules, which creates resistance and reduces impact." Read More »

Philip Patston started this year’s The Creative Collide with a new format and focus, wanting to engage you in a dialogue about how the creative sector could help solve social problems.

In his final post for 2010 he reflects on his conversations with you — about crime, androgyny, rugby and changing gear. Read More »

Philip Patston reflects on The Black Balloon movie as an example of how much drama we create in society and our individual lives, in respect to diversity, simply because of fear, denial and a failure to accept reality. Read More »

So many people these days are revving their motors like maniacs! Overworked, stressed, late, constantly sick. Sometimes we need to change gear - which is all about using the clutch, says Philip Patston.

"That means reducing acceleration and disengaging the motive power." Read More »

Diversity is a complex concept that encompasses thoughts, emotions, experiences, social context, political process, identity and more.

Philip Patston calls for a more in-depth dialogue about diversity and offers a creative opportunity for artists to participate. Read More »

Philip Patston compares the decision making process of funders and business investors and asks some candid questions... Read More »

To celebrate Leadership Week, Philip Patston discusses a potential trend away from young people wanting to learn from their elders, and discusses an alternative.

"It's about acknowledging that the key to human development is realizing our connections with each other, no matter who, what, where or how old." Read More »

If you can tie shoe laces, pour orange juice or clean a floor in a creative way, Philip Patston may just have the job for you. Read More »

Philip Patston shares his key points from the ‘Arts for All’ workshop about creating an inclusive practice and a welcoming environment for all people, including those who experience disability or unique function. Read More »

Philip Patston discovers an old tradition of rugby players who started off as ballerinas and wonders why they lose that unique sense of self. Read More »

Philip Patston has to work hard to explain what he does in a way that makes sense to people who may know 'an awful lot about awfully little'. So it's not often that he finds people like him. But this week, he thinks he may have. Read More »

Philip Patston continues his look at gender fluidity and asks how the creative community could be continually delighted by humanity's diversity. Read More »

Gender fluidity, androgyny and intersexuality are going to happen whether we like it or not, says Philip Patston in this edition of The Creative Collide. Can we get through this next phase of diversity with a bit less head-banging, resistance and angst than we have in the past? Read More »

Philip Patston creates a vision of an educational future that brims with creativity, in a follow-up to his previous post on The Creative Collide.

(If you commented last time, thank you. Look out for your ideas below.) Read More »

This time on The Creative Collide, Philip Patston reflects on the state of education and the place of creativity. Read More »

In his latest video blog, Philip Patston says prison art programmes may help turn 'criminals' into creatives but wonders how we can help young offenders become creatives - before they become 'criminals'? Read More »

This year The Creative Collide takes on a new format and focus. Philip Patston wants to engage you in a dialogue about how the creative sector could help solve social problems. 

He wants to know your ideas, what you might be interested in doing and what you think other people could be doing. Read More »

Though he envisaged something different at the start, when he looks back at the year of The Creative Collide, in some chaotic and unstructured way Philip Patston feels he's achieved what he set out to do. Because he said so. Read More »

Philip Patston argues that media inclusion of disabled people takes intentional risk and, right now, the New Zealand media is playing it way too safe. Read More »

Philip Patston attends the Survive and Thrive creative sector forum and wonders whether business success really is all about who knows you, rather than 'who you know'.
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By Philip Patston

Collaboration. It's the buzz at the moment. Funders want it. Government wants it. Business wants it. I want it...

Or do I?
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