‘The Volcano’: a grand metaphor for creative outpouring. The creative urge is the need to create something new which artists of all kinds pursue, often with great fervour. The earliest recorded activity of ancient mankind is the decoration of their surrounding surfaces. A quote from Grayson Perry sums up beautifully the movement of creativity ….”Images spin and meld in the golden half-light of my imagination. This is the time when the shy creatures that are my ideas creep out into the clearing of my consciousness”…