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| The Elements of Creativity: What-ifs? |
| What if there is no toilet paper and I am halfway through doing the "do"?
What if one of my team members decides to leave the project halfway and he happens to be the most knowledgeable guy there?
What if I turn colour blind, how should I adapt to the environment?
What-if, what-if and more what-ifs?
The technique of asking What-ifs provokes an individual to think and to produce something new. At times, in order to find original solutions to old problems, one must take the leap of faith and a More.. |
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| Characteristics: Creative Types VS Clods! |
| Here are some odds & ends I have observed in creative-expert-genius types:
Direction of Motivation: creatives move toward what they want in all areas of their life while the clods move away from what they don't want.
Time Orientation: creatives look forward to completion. Clods look backward at how they have been unable to do it and assume future is also failure.
Memory Management: creatives look toward constructed imagery combining the new with the old to create. Clods rely almost exclus More.. |
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| The Sylvia Plath Pattern Of Creative Flow |
| * Sylvia Plath teaches a valuable lesson about the Even Flow - opening the channels for creativity, regardless of this is for poetry or not.
Sylvia Plath was a poet and that was her job and her life.
She would every day no matter what, as soon as breakfast was over and no matter where she was in the world, sit down with her notebook and just start to write - about absolutely anything at all.
As she explains, this was NOT in order to create a wondrous new poem, but ONLY in order to keep the ch More.. |
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| Stress VS Creativity |
| Now when I use the term "creativity", I mean the kind of states of mind and body where thoughts and ideas flow freely; where there is a STREAM of data information that comes clearly from a very different place than one might normally inhabit and which translates smoothly and perfectly into colours, visions, sounds, patterns, movements, actions and resolutions.
These are very beautiful states, very precious; this flow of "creativity" is nourishing, enlivening and one can do so many things for a More.. |
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| Re-Energize Your Brain |
| We all use tools in our work, and all of these tools need to be re-energized in some way over time. They need to be polished, sharpened, refurbished. They need new spark plugs or a tune up. Some times they even need new batteries.
We take these maintenance tasks seriously because we know that when the batteries are fully charged we get the full potential out of electrical devices and when the machinery has been maintained it lasts longer and works more economically.
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| Creativity: Getting Out of the Box |
| Leadership, especially in times of change, depends increasingly on the ability of managers, professionals and even front line workers to think and do things differently. In other words, to get out of the box!
So, how do we get out of the box especially when most people are comfortable staying with the tried and true rather than exploring and championing new ideas? Here are tips to jolt your mind and start thinking more creatively.
Stretch your brain.
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| You Dont Have To Be An Artist To Be Creative |
| Imagine that a block of ice has been set on your desk. Now describe it. Square, clear and cold, right! Next, consider it from different points of view: If you were trekking across Death Valley, that ice could quench your thirst; a doctor could use it to reduce a patient's fever; a madman could use it to crack a victim's skull; and an engineer could boil it to produce steam for a turbine.
What does an ice cube have to do with creativity? Just this: If you really think about it, you begin to see More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Artists and Creativity |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Overcoming Blocks |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Business Innovation - Personal Creativity |
| tivity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
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| Creativity Management - Don?t Write, Rewrite |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Finding Your Voice |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Finish What You Start |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Its All About Routine |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Synergy of Craft and Art |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - The Value Of An Idea? |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creativity Management - Working From Real Life |
| reativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
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| Our Limitless Quantum Reality |
| Modern science tells us that on a sub-atomic level -- nothing is solid. That the entire universe is really one big web of vibrating "energy stew."
If everything is just energy, why do we seem to be solid? We're told that everything in the physical world is really information contained in tiny packets of energy.
That on a sub-atomic level, we are vibrating fields of energy. And that in spite of appearances . . . our bones, muscles, nerves, hair and skin are not really "solid" at all.
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| The Secret of Intuitive Intelligence |
| The word intuition comes from the Latin word intueri, meaning "to look within." Webster defines it as "the power or facility of attaining direct knowledge without evident rational thought."
In Japan, intuition is known as "stomach art" -- an interesting turn on the Western expression of "gut-level feeling."
Many feel intuition is a remnant of an ancient survival mechanism, as it allows us to sense danger without taking the time to analyze a situation.
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| Art of Creation with Attention |
| Attention is the greatest creative power in the world. If you command your attention, you command your creation/life. But attention is not same as mind rut OR thinking but it constitutes pure awareness in the background. We invite problems as a result of restless with our own ideas about the state of reality. The greatest creative act is to stabilize in a environment where relaxed attitude takes over and everything is trusted for what is. Individual interpretation or evaluation of the things has More.. |
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| How to Generate Ideas for Info-products? |
| Dear friends the current study shows that there are more than 50,000,000 registered domain names on the Internet (approx.)(Reference http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/) Even if we eliminate 30% non-commercial sites we are left with 35,000,000 sites. All these are trying to sell everything from safety pins to space ships.
This clearly states the current state of the commercial Internet, which is full of competition. So how do you survive in this tough competition? There is a common saying More.. |
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| Are You Creative? |
| Have you ever heard the saying, "The harder I work, the luckier I get?" Guess what? That's the way it is with creative inspiration too.
Don't Wait For Creative Inspiration
Graham Green, the famous English writer, attributes much of his success to a simple habit: He forced himself to write at least 500 words daily, whether he felt like it or not. Creative inspiration can strike at any time, but it strikes more often when there is work instead of waiting.
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| Gift of a Letter |
| "What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions." Letter from Heloise to Abelard (from Gift of a Letter by Alexandra Stoddard)
Just returning from the National Stationery Show in New York City, I was struck by the energetic "forward motion" of the thousands of vendors still enthusiastic about the power of the hand-written note. Artists proudly displayed their water More.. |
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| Why Creative Visualization Works |
| Experience has shown that creative visualization works. It is quite possible to prove that circumstances and events follow thoughts. Take any situation or happening in your life, and go back to find what kind of thoughts preceded the event. You will find out that a particular event, followed particular thoughts.
Here are the reasons why visualization produces results:
# We are an inseparable part of the creative Universal Mind. Our thoughts are projected into this omnipotent power, and cause i More.. |
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| Mind Mapping |
| Ever been on a project where you had trouble keeping all the 'if' questions straight? "If this happens," you say, "we'll do one thing. But, if that happens, we'll do something else instead, but only on a Wednesday."
In cases like these, especially with high stakes, you may have drawn a diagram on a piece of paper. That way you could visualize the forks in the path ahead, while still seeing the objective at the end.
Diagrams map our reasoning and can be as simple as a few lines on a napkin, or More.. |
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| Story and Screenplay Structure |
| Structure is beneficial to creative output in a number of ways. There are at least two types of structure, work processes and frameworks:
a) Work processes such as incremental production produce more output than a "do your best" approach. Writing four pages a day completes a words-on-paper first draft screenplay in one month. A "do your best" or "waiting for inspiration" approach can take months or years.
b) Work processes such as separating creative from critical thinking allow the build up o More.. |
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| Achieving Limitless Creativity |
| There are many out there who wish to help individuals achieve limitless creativity. Such a noble endeavor to help fellow man; some creativity coaches are indeed working to set out simple principles which can help any individual get to that space. They are stead fast in their mission. One such gentleman I recently met was Dr. Nick Arrizza. He said;
"It is my hope to bring individuals back to an experience of their true and limitless creative abilities and to their human essence. Sadly this has b More.. |
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| The Source of Growth and Creativity |
| Bare attention (to objects, people and circumstances) is what brings order in this world and in your personal world. If you know how to move your attention without the involvement of mind, positive creation happens as a result. Attention is literally a life response whereas mind is reaction out of memory and reaffirmation of the past. Attention is not same as thinking mind but it constitutes pure awareness moving itself through different objects without creating friction.
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| Ideas |
| While the inception of penicillin brought a bit of a stir, and the television warranted some focus, it is somewhat easier now to fashion an idea into something sustainable.
Easier again is the ability to make an idea into a business without leaving the house.
For this to happen, we must blame our current communications networks, or more specifically, the Internet.
Tele commuting, as it is known, can never replace physical relocation. Nor is it likely that we will be able to download a pint of More.. |
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| Creativity and Inspiration |
| Creativity for the mystic has special meaning. In the world of the mystic all is one. This means that there's only one Creator. Your job as an artist, painter or writer is simply to attune with this One source of all creation, listen and report on what you're told. This is the essence of divine inspiration. It's similar to the advice I was given as a young businessman when my boss and I were on our way to an important meeting. He turned to me and said, "Keep your mouth shut and listen good."
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| Mindfulness and Music: Things That Go Hmmm |
| Shhh... can you hear it?
One of the most powerful forms of mindfulness is awareness of sound. We tend to tune out the noise of our lives in order to concentrate on the tasks at hand.
In fact, we may get so used to a particular sound that we don't notice it until it's gone-like a television that is turned off, or traffic that stops outside your home, or your neighbor's lawn mower or stereo that is suddenly silent.
We notice when it starts, we intentionally shut it out, and then notice it once More.. |
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| Gifts of the Inner Voice |
| Now that I no longer awaken to the sound of a jarring alarm clock, I've learned to welcome the early morning hours.
Because that is the time when I can hear my inner voice most clearly.
Sometimes it is just a knowing. A realization that cuts through the noise to reveal how I truly feel about something or someone.
It picks apart puzzling dilemmas and offers creative solutions.
It is at the time before I have fully awakened and left the world of dreams, that messages from some deep place perco More.. |
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| Mindfulness and Poetry: Delicious Word Awareness |
| Everyone's a poet.
Of course, everyone's a critic, too! This means thatthere are plenty of opportunities to heighten our awarenessof words and how we use them.
Words create pictures, and just as a painter uses a combinationof colors and strokes to express a concept, we offer an artistic rendering of thoughts through carefully chosen words.
Our linguistic intelligence is what allows us to both recognizeand generate vivid word vignettes. Whether you enjoy novels,biographies, mysteries, sonnets, More.. |
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| Lucid Dreaming: Discover a Whole New World |
| Did you know that all of your most cherished dreams are just a good night's sleep away?
Lucid dreamers share one of the greatest secrets of modern living. They have discovered a whole new universe-a universe within. They have learned to wake up in their dreams. They fly, explore unknown worlds, live out their deepest fantasies, have profound spiritual experiences, and gain precious insights about themselves.
With a little practice, you too can learn to lucid dream!
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| Creativity, Innovation, and Market Performance |
| Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, developmen More.. |
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| Creative Memory Tricks |
| What's the biggest problem with memory tricks? Remembering to use them, of course. There are many memory techniques that work well, but you'll forget them when you need them most - unless you make using them a habit. So when you take the time to learn a technique, use it until it becomes automatic. Here are some to try.
Using a Story-List
I went to a party as a child. There was a game that involved looking at a table covered in 15 various items. After a few minutes, we were taken to another ro More.. |
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| CreativiCreativityty |
| Creativity is the gift to mankind. This is not the thing which can be created by human beings.
In the every day life we see a lot of things like computer, calculators, abacus etc. After the sight of which we think that these are better than the Human mind.
But fact is different. Computers have no ability to think and create on their own.
Am I right or not? What do you think about this?
Thinking, creativity, feelings and many things which computer is short of at this time. There are many man More.. |
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| Top Five Reasons to Cultivate Your Creativity |
| Cultivating your creativity is more than spending time with a hobby or performing and displaying your work. Cultivating your creativity takes time, awareness and deliberate action. Creativity like any other skill, needs to be nurtured and affirmed, as well as directed, in order to expand throughout your life. Creativity crosses all barriers,cultures,even when styles differ and philosophies change. Creativity never changes. It's time to put away those past negative influences, including no more s More.. |
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| Connect with Your Inner Artist |
| In the "Roadblocks to Creativity" e-course, we look at the 7 most common things that block our creative expression. So, if we're "blocked" when we're facing those things, what are we like when we're free of them?
Well, certainly we're connected to our "Inner Artist". This is a part of each of us that is naturally:
Joyful - our Inner Artist sees the world as a magical place, full of curious things and people. Each day is a series of fun surprises and the chance to learn, practice and master the More.. |
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| Connect with Your Muse |
| Lately I've been discussing how to thrive as a creative artist by connecting with different things. I thought it might be helpful to begin this article with some distinctions.
Inner Artist - A Part of Ourselves
As I've discussed before, the Inner Artist is that part of ourselves that has been untouched by our experiences, trials, tribulations or creative roadblocks. It is infinitely creative and joyful in everything that it does.
Spirit - All Around Us, All of Us, Every One of Us
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| What Open Stage is Teaching Me About Life |
| After many years of performing as a vocalist, I switched my focus to my training and work as a music therapist. I love sharing my music with my clients with special needs and it continues to be an incredibly rewarding field of work.
Recently I got back into performing, only this time I brought my guitar with me. I started attending and performing at a monthly Open Stage afternoon. It's been a great musical experience, a chance to try out the Performance Wellness techniques I've been learning (a More.. |
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