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The edge of creativity

The Edge of creativity-Whiplash & Dior and I "The Edge...there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." Hunter S Thomson Having had the benefit of watching two very different but successful films this weekend, I came to the conclusion that art will be groundbreaking, when and if, the limits are pushed beyond the edge and humanity is explored.  Our senses must be challenged to the point that an alternative to the static perceptions and views of the world, is provided for.  When this happens we are left astounded and wowed with the potential of differentiated thinking, as it applies to humanity.   Whiplash's writer/director,  Damien Chazelle, and Dior and I's artistic director, Raf Simons, create artistically edgy work in their very disparate mediums, of film and Haute Couture.  It is no wonder that Whiplash has taken out so many awards, predomi