Creativity Matters
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore…while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
Sir Isaac Newton, Physicist and Mathematician
In this clip, filmed on July 25, 2012, creativity expert Austin Hill Shaw explores the links between creativity and intoxication. Thank you for your courage and willingness to bring your own creative gifts into the world!
In 2005, Apple founder Steve Jobs gave this raw and moving commencement address to the Stanford graduating class. Having dropped out of college himself, been fired from the famous company he started, and been diagnosed and treated for cancer, Steve Jobs’ address is extraordinary, and touches on several powerful aspects of creativity and innovation, most […]
In this clip, filmed en route to Stern Grove in San Francisco, my wife drives while I get the opportunity to capture the stunning beauty of a Sunday in June. The structure of the Bay Bridge, rails, rivets, and tertiary cables form a spontaneous stop animation while the main cables drop into view occationally like […]
Filmed on July 18th, 2012, creativity expert Austin Hill Shaw answers a question pertaining to creativity in groups: When working on a large creative project how do you select your teammates?
In this clip, filmed on the one block-long commercial district along Euclid Avenue in North Berkeley, Christmas globes and lights, hanging in a storefront window, emit light and track the activities of the people along the sidewalks and streets. Listen for a car and watch its headlight flash across the reflective surface of the globe. […]
