Perhaps the single most limiting factor to our ability to create is our belief that we are not the creative “type.” In this important article, Douglas Eby works to dispel the myths of creativity that hold us back from our own creative potential. Let go of the myths and bring us your creative gifts! Creativity […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #9
In this clip, filmed on Marin Avenue near the border of Berkeley and Albany, California, a makeshift memorial is erected for a teenage boy who was recently killed at the intersection. The handwritten signs express love, sadness, anger, and disbelief at the student’s untimely death. In the wake of death, the ordinary movement of cars […]
Create Together! Creativity In Groups Increases Dramatically With The Right Leadership
ShayLynne Clark, one very motivated 22-year-old student from Weber State University, has spent her university time exploring the topic of creativity in group settings. Her valued conclusion: Creativity in groups suffers with overbearing central leadership, but flourishes with an empowering moderator, one who encourages creative input from all members of the group. OGDEN — ShayLynne […]
You want creativity in your life? You can’t selectively numb emotion
It is my belief that true creativity, creativity that enlivens, inspires, and enriches the lives of everyone around them, most especially the person(s) willing to undertake the creative offering, is based on living from a place of authenticity. In this vein, I love this talk by Dr. Brené Brown as it gets to the core […]
New Study Links Creativity With Dishonesty
Everything casts a shadow. Not only have creativity and innovation produced useful things such as the vaccines for deadly diseases, inspiring masterworks of art, and non-stick cookware, they have also lead to advances in organized crime, the predatory structuring of credit card payments, and the proliferation of handguns. Disturbed by the stories of creative scams […]
According To Indian Director, Short Films Afford More Creative Freedom
Indian film director and theatre personality, Sadananda Suvarna, spoke at an Indian short film competition about the creative limitations of commercial films, saying they use stereotypes to attract the masses. Short films, however, presumably for their smaller budgets, allow the filmmaker more creative latitude. Speaking at the valedictory function of Shooting Stars, a short film-making […]
Take The Childish Approach: Too Much Of An Adult Mindset Stymies Creativity
According to this article by Sam McNerney our natural ability to daydream and wonder drops precipitously for most of us around the fourth grade. Those who maintain their creative capacities throughout their lifetime, however, are those who can suspend reason and tap into their childlike selves. What happens to our innate creativity when we age? […]
Creativity and Awareness: A Nondual Perspective on the Nature of Creativity
Author, poet, and potter, Colin Drake muses on the nature of creativity as it relates to awareness. Like the simple act of walking across a room, creativity bubbles up from stillness, moves in relation to stillness, and, in the end, returns again to stillness. “Awareness,” Drake reminds us, “is endlessly creative.” The universe is the […]
Creativity and The Three Stages of Conscious Design Build, Part II: Self-Consciousness
Last time we explored unconsciousness, also known as self-centeredness, the lowest of the three stages of conscious design build and of creativity in general. It is marked by an individual’s desire to fulfill his own needs no matter what, often at the expense of others. Now lets go to the next level and see what […]
Out Of The Darkroom: Creativity And Innovation Used To Help Rochester, NY Adjust To Changing Economy
Creativity is all about change, some of which bring in new opportunities, some which challenge us to adapt to new situations. The ever-changing world of innovation in technology forces us all to learn to adapt to changes. With the rise of the digital camera market and the fall of print film and the power of […]