Tag Archives | creativity

Doodling, FTW!

By on October 5, 2011 in Creativity, Photos and Videos, Psychology

Growing up, my mother has always told me I was a doodler and writer. I didn’t believe her until she pulled out a giant box full of notebooks, sticky notes and scratch paper with squiggles, diagrams and random thoughts written down that spanned from my childhood and throughout my college years. Two thoughts ran through my head. 1) “Wow, my mom saved all this stuff?” and 2) “Wow, what was I thinking??”

Good to know that all that brainstorming and doodling was productive. =)

 

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Why We Reject Creative Ideas

By on September 10, 2011 in Business and News, Creativity, Psychology

We all agree that creativity is highly valuable, but why is that we’re still resistant to creative ideas? The news site ScienceDaily explains some interesting findings.

Based on the experiments at the University of Pennsylvania:

  • Creative ideas are by definition novel, and novelty can trigger feelings of uncertainty that make most people uncomfortable.
  • People dismiss creative ideas in favor of ideas that are purely practical — tried and true.
  • Objective evidence shoring up the validity of a creative proposal does not motivate people to accept it.
  • Anti-creativity bias is so subtle that people are unaware of it, which can interfere with their ability to recognize a creative idea.
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Nike Air Max 90

By on August 18, 2010 in Creativity, Mindless Chatter

I really enjoy creative works like this of the Nike Air Max 90 by Olle Hemmendorff.  It looks pretty dang close to the real thing, don’t you think? It’s like an adult version of playing with Play Doh. =)

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“Living There, You’ll Be Free If You Truly Wish To Be”

By on January 13, 2010 in Creativity, Mindless Chatter

The above quote is from the original Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. There’s something wonderfully magical about this line (and the movie itself). It doesn’t matter how old you are, watching this movie makes you feel like a kid and brings back all those free-spirited imaginations we used to have. I love it.

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