CREATIV Magazine - Vol. 2, Issue 7

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CHRIS BURKARD Page 18 Outdoor photographer Chris Burkard has always felt at home among the waves. With the ocean as his primary muse, Burkard depicts the elusive relationship between humanity and nature, finding a particular fondness in the extreme: the “too cold, too remote, too dangerous.” He believes, “Anything worth pursuing requires us to suffer just a tiny bit.”

4Photography: Chris Burkard

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6 Photography: Nick Onken

PRESTON SMILES Page 63 Thought leader Preston Smiles is manifesting a world where “the voice of love� is ubiquitous. Empowering people to seek the truest versions of themselves, Smiles is cultivating a global revolution through organized acts of love he leads with The Love Mob.

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SASHA DIGIULIAN Page 58 World champion free climber Sasha DiGiulian is conquering some of the world’s most challenging climbs. Achieving first-female ascents far and wide, DiGiulian has also established ambassador roles with iconic brands such as Red Bull, Adidas, and GoPro. Although she’s already at the top of her game, the full-time Columbia University student continues to embark on career-defining climbs that push her abilities to the limit.

Photography: Keith Ladzinski

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ZIO ZIEGLER Page 39 With his work appearing everywhere from the walls of Silicon Valley headquarters to the sides of his signature series Vans footwear, Zio Ziegler sees the entire world as his canvas. Although widely known for his large-scale murals, Ziegler continues to share his art across any available surface at an arduous pace.

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WHAT IS HUMANITY’S POTENTIAL? WHAT ARE WE TRULY CAPABLE OF? HOW CREATIVE ARE WE? Humanity’s potential can be linked directly to human potential that is, the potential of every person.

But what brings forth that potential is even more vital to understand. That essence that separates thought from reality, and idea to manifestation, is creativity.

Believe it or not, “creativity” didn’t exist until the 19th century.

Well, the word didn’t, anyway. Even when the word became commonplace in society, it seemed doomed to be labeled and put into a box from the start. Conversationally, “creativity” tended to describe the quality of being artsy or artistic. There were as many viewpoints on the premise of creativity as there were on the subjects of politics and philosophy.

Creativity has been afflicted with misunderstanding throughout the last several hundred years, because the words we use don’t often truly describe its manifestations. Even the word “creativity” has been fogged from its true definition of “the use of imagination.”

But what is imagination? Science grapples with quantifying it, yet a child

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knows it innately. Great performances, works of art, and explorations across the age spectrum speak to the realization of its potential. Many of the great epics, legends, and myths have revolved around human potential and its relationship to the world around us. In our era, it seems we are increasingly inclined to understand the merit of a lifelong commitment to embracing imagination, creativity, and curiosity.

way we can understand what it means to be creative is to tell the stories of people who are using their imaginations and curiosity to manifest solutions, inspiration, and wonder.

When the story is told from idea to actualization, we can finally celebrate human potential and all the words used to describe it.

Creativity comes in all forms and shapes. CREATIV was founded to empower, encourage, and provide a platform for people to share their Curiosity drives imagination, creativity, embrace their curiosity, and imagination sparks creativity, expand their imaginations. We believe and creativity manifests solutions, a world full of wonder will empower inspiration, and wonder. humanity to come together and solve Creativity is the realization of old problems in new ways. human potential.

The future belongs to the creative.

Curiosity is given to all of us as children. It’s up to each of us to keep it. Imagination is a more evasive element. It seems some people are driven to share it in spades, while others resist embracing its possibilities.

The manifestations of creativity change the world. Labeling anything as creative or disruptive is meaningless without its full story told. The only

Blake Brinker Publisher & Co-Founder

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