Creative book lovers

For those of you that enjoy books with paper pages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adzywe9xeIU

Play

“When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do, our work takes on the quality of play and it is play that stimulates creativity.” –  Linda Naiman

Group-think Vs Creativity

Brainstorming and creativity has increasingly become a group process.However, Lehrer's article in 'The New Yorker' contends that brainstorming groups think of fewer ideas than individuals working alone. Rather, it is better for individuals to work alone and then pool their ideas. One of the problems with group think is that people are usually encouraged not to 'criticise' the ideas of others in the group. 
On the contrary, creativity often thrives on criticism because conflict drives creativity. If you want to be creative you have to get past the top layer of predictability. Read the article at:http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all

Quote from Edison - Creativity

Tim Brown on Creativity and Play

Another TED talk!


Designer, Tim Brown believes that designers [you and me] need to know how to transition in and out of play. He talks about divergent thinking and convergent thinking. In the divergent mode we need to learn to be more playful while in the convergent mode we need to be more serious. being able to move between those modes is really quite important. You can be both serious and, at times, playful.

We need trust to be able to be playful and we also need it to be serious. He also talks about going for quantity, building with your hands, and doing role play.

Amy Tan on Creativity

In the last blog creativity was associated with belief. The Novelist, Amy Tan delves deeply into her beliefs about how her creativity has developed.

How do you create something out of nothing? She goes back to the fundamental question of, "How do I create my own life?" By thinking about her role in all of it she considers "luck and fate, coincidences and accidents, God's will, [and] the synchrony of mysterious forces."

Creativity starts from a belief.

Creativity starts from a belief watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D1c8wggrr8&feature=youtube_gdata_player