Main Menu

Front Page

News and Announcements
Ask the Elder
Administration
From the Associates
Night's Beat
Art Gallery

Articles of Interest
Short Story
Interview with a Vampire
Reviews and more
The Vampire's Vestibule
Polls

Letters to the Editor
Comments from the Website
Cartoon Corner
From the Staff
Advertising

Credits
Link To Us
Past Issues
The Vampire Church
The Darkfear Network

Guestbook


Have a Comment?
Name

Email

Your Comments

Contact

VC Magazine
VCMagazine_Staff@
yahoogroups.com


Magazine Staff

Damien Daville, Producer
LA Judge, Editor


Tell a Friend

Click HERE to tell a friend about the VC Magazine.

Top Site Listings

Vote for us in the








Interview with Cole Wellman
Interviewed by LA Judge

This month I had the pleasure of speaking with VC Associate member Cole Wellman. When it comes to creativity, Cole practices what he preaches. Instead of primarily focusing on one area, Cole lives a creative life, approaching each daily task with a creative sensibility.

LA.: Greetings Cole and welcome to the interview chair. Please introduce yourself to the VC Magazine readers and tell them a bit about your creative side.

Cole: Good Evening LA. My name is Cole, I am a 25 year old vampire who just recently moved to San Francisco (although I've been in the Bay Area for about two years). Looking back, I have to say my creative outlets have changed considerably with time.

LA.: How so?

Cole: When I was in my teens and early twenties, I would write poetry. I also got involved with sculpting, making little figures out of clay or that plastic modeling stuff.

LA.: And now?

Cole: Well, now I have not spent so much time in anything that would normally be called "artistic". I think that is because my creative energies have been channeled into other areas of my life. Recently I moved to a new apartment. An empty apartment is like a blank canvas, you can create anything you want there.

LA.: That could be, when one uses creative talent it comes thru as an extension of how the person approaches life. So I can very much see you working on that blank canvas.

Cole: I have been channeling most of my energy lately into creating my vision in this new space.

LA.: What does it for you... what makes your creative side kick into high gear?

Cole: It involves searching for just the right piece of furniture to match my needs for function as well as aesthetics, organizing, and I have barely even gotten to the decorating yet.

LA.: In other words getting things to "click" - humm that sounds like basic energy work in a way.

Cole: Art is an expression of energy, a concept or idea or just whatever a person sees in him/herself.

LA.: Oh that is a great way of looking at it.

Cole: I want my home to be an expression of my own personal energy. So it is very much the same... and I try to be just as careful in how I set things up here as any artist would be in creating a painting or a poem.

LA.: That is a very cool way of doing it - like creating your own energy safe zone.

Cole: Yes, indeed. Unfortunately, it has taken most of my energy and left very little for other things. When I get things settled a bit more here, I hope to get back into my other creative endeavors, heh.

LA.: You have also shared with me a bit of your writings; your blog tends to be a personal narrative on the storyteller side. It is quite well written.

Cole: Thank you. I just tend to write the things that are on my mind. I like to write them, because I write much more eloquently than I speak, ha.

LA.: It seems to be yet another one of those aspects of applying that creative side to all things in life.

Cole: Well yes, I try to.

LA.: How do you find the energy to apply creativity to so many things?

Cole: I am not much of an "artist" as it were.

LA.: Yet you live in a creative way.

Cole: I am pretty conservative with my energy. I don't do that much at once.

LA.: So would you say that you only use your energy on things worthy of the effort?

Cole: I only write a blog when I have something I think is worth writing, which isn't every day. That is the goal… I wouldn't say it is always the case, hehe. But I do try to limit my energy use to the thing I care most about.

LA.: Well how do you decide? I mean where do you draw that line so to speak?

Cole: Unfortunately, that is one of the biggest challenges.

LA.: Looking at your creative side from an energy viewpoint how do you find that your energy levels affect your creativity?

Cole: It is very easy to get caught up in trivial things and spend too much energy there.

LA.: Is there an obvious change between high & low energy creativity?

Cole: Oh yes, when I am tired I am much less creative. For example, two of my main creative outlets in day-to-day life are cooking and writing letters. Since I have moved, I have done very little of either, because all my energy is going into other things. When I have more energy I am much more motivated to do creative, new, and experimental things.

LA.: I think I would love being on the receiving end of either - I hear you are a very good cook. But how do you feel since your normal creative outlets are a little restrained? Does that affect your energy levels and how approach other things?

Cole: Yes, because I miss them. So I feel like I should be cooking and writing more, but I don't have the energy. Which does cause me to feel a little "blocked up" so to speak.

LA.: Humm - any advice for someone looking to add more creativity to all areas of their life?

Cole: Sure, find something you already enjoy doing and explore new possibilities. For example, I mentioned letter writing. I have spent a lot of time finding quill pens, stationery, and ink to use. I even made my own personal wax seal, which I use to seal every letter.

LA.: Oooo excellent advice and something anyone could do.

Cole: It makes each letter I write more of a work of art... and you can do the same thing with almost any interest.

LA.: So you use the whole action of writing as part of the creative experience. Great suggestion!

Cole: Yes and I like to think it makes getting them more fun too. I am all about art that serves a purpose.

LA.: Lol I bet ! Well thank you for sharing your time and talents with us here, you certainly have given us all template for approaching all parts of life thru artistic expression.

Cole: Thank you, LA. I don't think of myself as an artist, but everyone has creative energies that need to be expressed.

For Questions, please contact the VC Magazine Staff at VCMagazine_Staff@yahoogroups.com

©1997-2004 Vampire Church -- All rights reserved. No use or reproduction without written consent.