On creativity
Over at Synthesis Creative, Bruce DeBoer has a great essay on creativity. An excerpt:
Somewhere around puberty we accumulate enough junk in our minds that we need to organize it: make it linear. Random thought is no longer
an efficient way to make it through the day and stay sane. Most of us lay down our crayons. Those who don’t surrender, usually
become artists, musicians, fashion designers or advertising art directors who wander through the desert waiting for rain.
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PigPog Blog
Aug 21, 2005 at 8:51 am
What Makes Me Creative?
An excellent essay on creativity by Bruce DeBoer.
“My 8 year old son is so creative he’s going to be an artist.” How many times have you heard that? Naïve art – young children are natural at it. It’s the first rain in …
Michael Randall
Aug 21, 2005 at 9:52 am
Sorry - the trackback from PigPog there is genuine, but it’s for a post that’s scheduled to auto-publish next weekend (getting organised ;) - so the link to it doesn’t work yet. Looks like WordPress sends out the trackbacks when the item is first written, even if it’s not due to show up yet.
lifehack.org
Aug 23, 2005 at 6:37 am
What makes me creative?
If you are a regular reader of lifehack.org, you know I am into creativity researching - finding what are the tips and ways to improve my creativity. I believe creativity (and/or innovation) is one of the key factors to drive you to success on any fro…
michael langford
Aug 24, 2005 at 7:08 am
Craftmanship is SURELY portable. Or rather, the care, patenence, ability to tell when one has an eye for quality, are all portable. The specific technical skills are not portable, but the methodical learning required to obtain all the skills are.
mabelandharry.blogspot.com
Mar 2, 2006 at 11:10 am
Just in case anyone out there has not read it…Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon Mackenzie is the best book on earth re creative and non creative thinking…..