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Welcome to Sobweb – the latest website that will be falling into the world of obscurity over the next year... or not, depending on which manic depressive tendency I'm exhibiting at any given moment.

This project, let’s call it a project, is all about creativity and the journey it can take you on. We all have our creative moments. That flash of genius as it comes thundering through our consciousness – be it about a personal decision, a book you’ve been thinking of writing, or just a witty facebook status. It happens to everyone, all the time.

What you choose to do during this “divine” inspirational moment varies from idea to idea, and person to person; some things get written down, others painted, some ideas are tweeted, or sometimes a thought process it just marvelled at before disappearing into the clutter of our mind.

After this flash of creativity, when the thunder is now just a mere whisper, doubt creeps in. This doubt and fear can be paralysing at times and can stifle the most imaginative ideas. Sometimes this a good thing; I don’t think the horror movie idea about bed bugs that eat people, which was conceived on a long car journey in Scotland, was ever going to be the blockbuster we believed it could be in the moment. But then again who knows? Maybe it could have been with the right direction and a dash of good fortune.

A lot of good ideas are lost every day as a result of this fear and this doubt. We are afraid of failing. And for good reason. Evolutionarily speaking, failing at something would normally lead to death. If you don’t time that rock throw correctly, that lion will be eating your face. You can understand why we as a species are afraid of failure and of creativity in particular. You might think “Actually, I won’t throw a rock, I’ll think outside the box and try talking to the hairy fella.” A few days later that lion is crapping out bits of you, and that creative thinking has cost you your life. Fear is there for a reason. Unfortunately the instincts controlling our response to fear have not evolved nearly as rapidly as our society has.

Death is no longer a realistic consequence of creativity. We can throw off the shackles of our genetic carefulness and put on our “I don’t give a shit what you think” hat. We can develop ideas, stories, pictures, and we can share them globally, with our fear being potentially realised merely by trolls and dislikes.

This is what Sobweb is about – sharing ideas and sharing our own flashes of genius, be it a recent one or something that you may have stored away on your C: drive somewhere. I have two main passions in my life: writing and listening. I love to hear other people’s stories and I love to tell my own. So please, tell us about some of your own inspired moments by clicking "contact us" and sending us something. It will most likely get reposted, with full credit to you of course.

This fear can be overwhelming and unsettling, and this is what we at Sobweb struggle with every day as we try to pursue our dreams. We want to create an independent production about a different culture to our own, exploring the far eastern country of Korea, in a comedic setting. Sobweb will be growing in numbers over the coming months and we hope to welcome people with passion for this project.

This site is about our journey of creativity; the joy we get from achieving the next step or the overwhelming sense of failure that can paralyse the most imaginative of ideas. We want to share our journey and we want you to share yours.

I'll leave you with a TED talk I recently watched that has inspired me somewhat. I'm not really a TED watcher but I got linked on Facebook and ended up spending an hour or so watching a few talks. Enjoy.

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