What’s in the box? Does anyone own the box? Where did it come from? Where was it found? Who made it? Now go play. Give yourself 10-15 minutes. Write or doodle whatever comes to mind. It does not need to be “finished” or “perfect”, just get the ideas out...
May132017
Idea Prompt
Dec212016
Book Review – “A Technique for Producing Ideas”, by James Webb Young
In continuing to follow my curiosity about creativity, I read “A Technique for Producing Ideas” by James Webb Young, published by The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003. It’s a very thin book but he gets to the point rather quickly: how to create ideas. His thoughts on the process of creating seems...
Nov102016
What Color is Your Spaceship?
In my exploration of creativity I decided to read “Orbiting the Giant Hairball, A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace”, by Gordon MacKenzie. He describes the hairball as the rules, procedures, and methods that get developed in organizations. Something worked well once so it gets used as a...
Aug242016
WorldCon 2016
MidAmeriCon 2 (WorldCon 2016) has come and gone. I had a lot of great experiences and conversations. One such experience was a conversation I had with a wonderful jewelry artist and writer. I asked her a bit about her creative process (her piece titles are wonderfully evocative). One particular...
Apr202016
Creative Confidence
I’ve been curious about creativity lately: where it comes from, stumbling blocks, how to develop it, how to sustain it, how it works in different disciplines. First I heard about the concept of “creative confidence” through a TED Talk with David Kelly titled How to Build Your Creative Confidence....