Comments on: 10 Ways to Develop Your Creativity http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/ Learning Resilience in the Age of Turbulence Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jackie http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-18139 Jackie Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:54:22 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/#comment-18139 Hi Camron, Good post I also believe that a person willing to be a creative, can become creative with some technique and ofcourse hardwork. It requires lots of dedication and passion to be something or to create something. Nature is the best source for looking for idea. To think creative person need to leave boundary of his own belief or his own view and try to analyze the thing from different perspective. And yes, i also belive the creativity is lifstyle. its a way of living. creative person fell/see things differntly everytime they see them. Meditation is a great way of becoming creative because if your mind is not relaxed you can not get the best idea out of your mind. Hi Camron,
Good post
I also believe that a person willing to be a creative, can become creative with some technique and ofcourse hardwork. It requires lots of dedication and passion to be something or to create something.
Nature is the best source for looking for idea. To think creative person need to leave boundary of his own belief or his own view and try to analyze the thing from different perspective.
And yes, i also belive the creativity is lifstyle. its a way of living.
creative person fell/see things differntly everytime they see them.
Meditation is a great way of becoming creative because if your mind is not relaxed you can not get the best idea out of your mind.

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]]> By: Catharine de Wet http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Catharine de Wet Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:47:10 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/#comment-754 Akshay This is a constant debate in education circles - Can creativity be taught/learned? My own conclusion is that it can. There is ample evidence from research studies that certain aspects of creativity can be taught. It is after all mostly about learning ways of thinking. The other side of the coin is that some people are more naturally inclined to specific ways of thinking that are conducive to creative thinking. I believe there is a strong correlation between personality factors and something like creativity. My husband is a very literal, black and white kind of person. For someone like him, it would take intentional effort to think outside the box, whereas I tend to see uncommon trends and links more easily. But for both of us, there is an element of discipline involved in thinking creatively. He has to deliberately go outside of his comfort zone and work on finding the uncommon and the new, while I have to at some point, harness all the wild ideas into something that can be applied practically. I do like your morphing box metaphor. Akshay

This is a constant debate in education circles – Can creativity be taught/learned? My own conclusion is that it can. There is ample evidence from research studies that certain aspects of creativity can be taught. It is after all mostly about learning ways of thinking.

The other side of the coin is that some people are more naturally inclined to specific ways of thinking that are conducive to creative thinking. I believe there is a strong correlation between personality factors and something like creativity. My husband is a very literal, black and white kind of person. For someone like him, it would take intentional effort to think outside the box, whereas I tend to see uncommon trends and links more easily. But for both of us, there is an element of discipline involved in thinking creatively. He has to deliberately go outside of his comfort zone and work on finding the uncommon and the new, while I have to at some point, harness all the wild ideas into something that can be applied practically.

I do like your morphing box metaphor.

]]> By: Akshay Kapur http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Akshay Kapur Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:55:37 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/#comment-736 I constantly waver between "born with it" and "can be learned" when it comes to character traits. In the case of creativity and your great tips towards developing it, a lot of it boils down to thinking outside the box. And here's where the innate vs. learned perspective comes in. Someone can learn to think creatively and step out of their box. But when that thinking becomes the box, you have to once again step out of it and so on. A person born with a creative mind will constantly and irrevocably think outside the box, no matter how that box morphs. A person taught to do so may be one step behind, needing further instructions and tips to be more creative. So yeah, you can be more creative and a perspective change can open up all sorts of mental and physical doors. But in order to be continually creative when that isn't your innate trait, you will also continually need further coaching to maintain it. Btw, LOVED your push-up post! (I like 'em better than bench, easy) I constantly waver between “born with it” and “can be learned” when it comes to character traits. In the case of creativity and your great tips towards developing it, a lot of it boils down to thinking outside the box. And here’s where the innate vs. learned perspective comes in.

Someone can learn to think creatively and step out of their box.
But when that thinking becomes the box, you have to once again step out of it and so on. A person born with a creative mind will constantly and irrevocably think outside the box, no matter how that box morphs. A person taught to do so may be one step behind, needing further instructions and tips to be more creative.

So yeah, you can be more creative and a perspective change can open up all sorts of mental and physical doors. But in order to be continually creative when that isn’t your innate trait, you will also continually need further coaching to maintain it.

Btw, LOVED your push-up post! (I like ‘em better than bench, easy)

]]> By: Cameron Schaefer http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Cameron Schaefer Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:54:34 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/#comment-733 @ Brian, Thanks for your great insight. It's funny how often people equate creativity with having no rules, or at least not following them when this is rarely the case. The most creative people in my mind our the ones that can come up with brilliant ideas, designs, methods, under strict constraints. On the other hand, there are times for that the norm needs to be challenged, sounds like Kirby is good at recognizing those times. @ J.D., Thanks for your comments, what a great way of using the six hats effectively. I definitely want to read ThinkerToys now! @ Sam, Read, Dream, Share, Start. Those are very simple and effective ways to help become and stay creative. I would be interested in knowing about the creative process in developing your book. @Evelyn, So glad that this post inspired you to get back into exploring creativity...it made me very excited as well! Please come back and share what you learn along the way. -Cam @ Brian,
Thanks for your great insight. It’s funny how often people equate creativity with having no rules, or at least not following them when this is rarely the case. The most creative people in my mind our the ones that can come up with brilliant ideas, designs, methods, under strict constraints. On the other hand, there are times for that the norm needs to be challenged, sounds like Kirby is good at recognizing those times.

@ J.D.,
Thanks for your comments, what a great way of using the six hats effectively. I definitely want to read ThinkerToys now!

@ Sam,
Read, Dream, Share, Start. Those are very simple and effective ways to help become and stay creative. I would be interested in knowing about the creative process in developing your book.

@Evelyn,
So glad that this post inspired you to get back into exploring creativity…it made me very excited as well! Please come back and share what you learn along the way.

-Cam

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Evelyn Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:59:14 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/#comment-724 Creativity is something that I'm hoping to explore in greater depth now. I realise that I've been burying it and not given it a chance. Thanks for your article! Creativity is something that I’m hoping to explore in greater depth now. I realise that I’ve been burying it and not given it a chance. Thanks for your article!

]]> By: Sam Davidson http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Sam Davidson Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:06:10 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/10-ways-to-develop-your-creativity/#comment-722 These are some great pointers that I'll add to my list. Here are <a href="http://samdavidson.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-stay-creative.html" rel="nofollow">four things I recommend</a>. These are some great pointers that I’ll add to my list. Here are four things I recommend.

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