Speaking of creativity, change, and interdependence, a cotton mill factory turned artillery manufacturer turned sheet metal factory is now home to 350 artists, musicians, and craftspeople in residence. Located on 12 acres in Atlanta, Georgia, and known as the “Goat Farm” for the goats that were unleashed on the property to eat away the tenacious […]
Hackers, Artists, and Investors take Creativity and Innovation to the Streets
This from the epicenter of Silicon Valley: Block party hackathon took place in Palo Alto, California this last weekend. Creativity, collaboration, and a robotic petting zoo? Whoa! Launching in Palo Alto on March 31, 2012 from 1pm-1am, Super Happy Block Party is taking over one of the busiest streets in Palo Alto and transforming it […]
Creativity and The Three Stages of Conscious Design Build, Part III: Consciousness
Welcome back! Hopefully you didn’t get too depressed thinking about all the ways your self-conscious behavior jeopardizes your ability to bring your true creative gifts into the world. Again, don’t linger on it. We all do it to some degree. Let’s get to the good stuff, something we all can aspire towards while we love […]
Creativity is The Most Essential Skill for Navigating an Increasingly Complex World
What’s the most essential skill for the rapidly changing, interdependent world? Creativity! Check this out and don’t put off your own creative development! Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60 countries in a recent survey by IBM. And yet federally funded research […]
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 […]
Creativity in the Bathroom? Steve Jobs’ Vision for Pixar
I just heard a fascinating interview on NPR with Jonah Lehrer promoting his new book on creativity, Imagine: How Creativity Works. In this interview with NPR, he tells the story of Steve Jobs’ desire to create creative cross-pollination among a diverse campus of creatives at their one an only common facility: the bathrooms. Check it […]
Creativity and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Part I: The Leap from Lack to Creative Fulfillment
In 1943, psychologist, philosopher, and leader of the Human Potential movement, Abraham Maslow wrote a paper entitled, A Theory of Human Motivation, in which he produced one of the most useful diagrams for understanding the human condition, the now famous Hierarchy of Needs. It also serves as an excellent model for understanding the nature of […]