Childhood Lament |
To imagine is like flying a kite. The mind, loosely tethered, is free to be blown about. Usually the direction it takes just happens; but somehow by tweaking the string it can arrive at an unlikely de...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:58:00 GMT |
creativity and commerce |
Since Alex Osborn of the advertising agency Battern, Barton, Durstine & Osborne came up with the idea of brainstorming in the late 1930s business has been busy trying to wed creativity to commerc...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:20:00 GMT |
creative alchemy II |
The true creative act... produces something which never existed before. Whether of small consequence or amazing significance, its usually generated by a spontaneous insight. A glimpse of the blindingl...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:25:00 GMT |
creative alchemy I |
Actually it could be that everybody has creative potential.
But that some seem able to access this more easily than others.
The barrier is inhibition; not wanting to make a fool of oneself
Inhibition...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:29:00 GMT |
Some attributes of creativity: |
Challenging assumptions
Being receptive to new ideas
Recognizing similarities or differences
Making unlikely connections
Taking risks
Building on ideas to make better ideas
Looking at things in new wa...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:40:00 GMT |
