All Entries in the "Creativity" Category

Shave and a Haircut…

Better safe than….
knock, knock….
Strike while the . . .
It’s always darkest before . . .
You can lead a horse to water but . . .    
A penny saved is . . .

What did you do with the above phrases? Did you finish them? Could you even stop yourself from resolving them?

In Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (Professorial [...]

The Creative Client Series: Coupons.

Here’s a creative solution a client came up with to make grocery shopping  (a dreaded task for her) a little more fun. She’s a coupon clipper but sorting and negotiating them at check-out ranked right up there with a root canal for her. She would bring coupons to the store but forget to use them, [...]

Great Tool for Visual Thinkers

If you’re a visual thinker, someone who needs to see the whole picture, you probably would benefit from doing a mind map before you start a new project. A mind map will help you see where you’re going and give you a birds eye view of the steps you will want to take. Picturing a project is [...]

What’s Going On? What Does it Mean?

Before I explain this cryptic little video, I would love for you to take a stab at what you suppose it’s all about.
Description below video for people who are VI or blind.

I’m standing in front of 3 empty clear glasses on a wooden table. There’s a large pitcher in my hand. I pour liquid [...]

What Artist/Creatives Have to Say About Being Done:

I recently posed the simple question “How do you know when a work of art or a project is done” to a group of artists/creatives on facebook. Here’s the answers and conversation that came out of asking this seemingly simple question.
Want to know more about an artist or “friend” them on facebook? Click their image [...]

Let’s Start Talking About Stopping

It’s time to “start” talking about how you know when you’re done with something? This will be the topic of the next few post. When are you done? Why might you not want to get done? When might it better not to finish?
Tonight, though, I want to share a note from my friend [...]

Creativity: Beyond Nuts and Bolts

Yesterday I talked about the creative process in a nuts and bolts way. I
gave you an opportunity to try an exercise. In that exercise you saw
that you already possessed the skills to use the creative process at
will. If you tried the exercise, you know you can think up an idea and
bring that thought into fruition [...]

Ready to Learn How Creative You REALLY Are?

If you haven’t read the post before this one you may want to check it out before you do the exercise that follows. What is the exercise? It’s an experiential, and often very meaningful, opportunity for you to witness your creative process at work. If you want the chance to have an [...]