On Words

31 Jul 2005 14:42:10 +0100

When we have ideas they are deep and rich, yet to communicate them, even to ourselves, we have to make do with the paltry limitations of the language and our grasp of it. The best we can do is to work to master our words, for if we can do this we can use this lever to move marvellous see the many things within it which others have created and where we can create still more.

On Vision

31 Jul 2005 14:36:42 +0100

Visionary people can see future, at least in the form that they want it to be. Visions are useful things in that they act like a guiding beacon, pulling y ...

On Unpredictability

31 Jul 2005 14:35:56 +0100

One of the most annoying things about creativity, at least if you are trying to make money out of it, is that it is completely unpredictable. You can have a brilliant idea instantaneously and you can spend years pondering the same problem. Ah well, at least it& ...

On Understanding

31 Jul 2005 14:34:52 +0100

There is understanding and understanding, because it is what happens in our heads. With the same experience, you and I can create totally ideas, but their truth is not our truth. When you have a new idea you often have to create new truths that people

On Time

31 Jul 2005 14:21:09 +0100

We all have different amounts of wealth, but we all have the same amount of time. This means we can all be equally creative and can equally fritter our allotted span away on useless and ultimately meaningless things.

On Thinking

31 Jul 2005 14:20:17 +0100

Creativity means thinking, albeit in different ways to perhaps you usually think. But thinking it is, and much has been said about this subject. Thinking changes what you are, how you feel and probably the weather as well. So get that thinking cap on, a ...

On Tension

31 Jul 2005 14:19:21 +0100

Tension is the drawn bow of creativity. When you apply a stimulation of some kind to a problem, you create psychological tensions that prod the mind into ...

On Genius

31 Jul 2005 14:18:30 +0100

Talent and genius are so often compared they have a section all to themselves. So what’s the difference? Read on...

On Surprise

31 Jul 2005 14:16:43 +0100

Surprise is what happens when you’re looking the other way. It can be wonderful and it can be devastating. So pin your ears back and get ready for the things for which you can never fully prepare. And when surprise happens, notice it and ask why, beca ...

On Success

31 Jul 2005 14:15:56 +0100

Success is the end result of creativity and all of the hard work around it. It is never guaranteed and should always be celebrated and enjoyed. After all, this is what it is all about. And you, of course, define what success is, whether it be changing someone else’s think of one thing at a time, but subconsciously we can have many streams of neuronal activity going on. A key trick is to make friends with your subconscious and press it ...

On Stimulation

31 Jul 2005 14:13:55 +0100

Creativity has a simple formula. Take a spoonful of knowledge, add a pinch of stimulation and poof! a new idea appears.

On Simplicity

31 Jul 2005 14:13:07 +0100

The world is a complicated place, which is strange, seeing as how most of the laws of the universe are amazingly simple. The best creative ideas too can often be simple. You know, the ones that, when other

On the Self

31 Jul 2005 14:12:16 +0100

Who is creative? You. But who are you? Now there’s a question. Inside your head somewhere is the bit that makes you, you. Our self is aware of itself, which is rare amongst animals. And our sense of identity, how we view the self, is very important to us.

On Science

31 Jul 2005 14:10:02 +0100

Scientists sometimes scoff at creativity, believing it to be fluffy stuff that people who cannot think get up to. Then they go and dream up a new and really creative hypothesis. Although science is about

On Robustness

31 Jul 2005 14:09:04 +0100

Many ideas will faint and disappear at the slightest breeze, but there are some which will withstand a hurricane. Richard Dawkins called them ‘memes’. Another nice interpretation is ‘thought viruses’ that implant themselves in people&rsq ...

On Risk

31 Jul 2005 14:08:11 +0100

The future is uncertain. Sorry. Creativity was never a certain science. And even when you’ve got your idea out on the table, you may be successful creative person learn to turn their creativity to overcoming the resistance to new

On Rearrangement

31 Jul 2005 14:06:07 +0100

An easy way to be creative is simply to shuffle things around. Taking things out, looking at things backwards, throwing thing up in the air and seeing where they land: all are ways of shaking up the current equilibrium to give new thoughts and rational does not necessarily kill creativity, but it can very easily do so. This is because we are not rational, even though we think we are. Psychologists call it ‘bounded

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On Words

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