Comments on: You Are Creative – Take it Further

By: Farouk

Farouk — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:44:10 +0000

i needed that article Ali, thank u

By: Farrah

Farrah — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:28:06 +0000

Ali you really described the creative ability very well.Thanks for guiding

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:36:05 +0000

Great point: I wonder if I’d call that “ingenuity” rather than “creativity” in quite the same sense. I agree that problem solving in techy areas *is* creative, but I also think there’s a difference between that and art/music/poetry/etc. (I’m not saying one is better than the other, just that we perhaps need to approach them in slightly different ways.)

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:29:14 +0000

Hey Ali. I believe we are all creative. We just need creative ways to bring that creativity out.

ps. Thanks for the plug, and stop by when you can.

Regards,
Shane

By: Techquestioner

Techquestioner — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:53:56 +0000

I think a lot of people overlook their own creativity in everyday life or ordinary situations. They don’t see themselves as creative, because they are not artists or do not have a creative hobby. But people who solve problems are being creative too. Making a make-shift gate to keep their puppy confined to the kitchen, improvising a song parody for a friend’s birthday party, coming up with a last-minute costume for their child who forgot to mention that the party on Saturday was a costume party are all creative solutions to problems. Creativity is not limited to writing novels or composing “real” music, or paintings. We are being creative whenever we apply something that is available to meet a need that someone has, and the usual required objests or materials are not. Mechanics, joiners, and other blue-collar workers, and a lot of office workers, may be “creative” without realizing it.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:32:02 +0000

I get ideas all over the place – quite often from random internet browsing. It’s not as unproductive as it looks, honest!

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:27:35 +0000

I find grocery shopping quite a good time for inspiration too … other people are fascinating, especially once you start thinking about what they’ve got in their basket, or the conversations you overhear…

Getting up and getting creative early seems to work well for a lot of folks; I find that I have a limit (if I get up before 6.30am, I seem to stay groggy, however much sleep I had), but I’m broadly a morning person too.

By: Mars Dorian

Mars Dorian — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:06:53 +0000

Hey Ali,

Nice article – and you can’t stress the point enough: Getting inspired by other people’s work. I read boingboing for that or watch Japanese Animation – no matter what you do, sometimes you have to get a creative input from WAY different places.

I have a notebook, and I use it on a weekly basis (not daily yet ;( and the process of sketching my ideas makes my whole blog more creative.

It’s just a matter of finding your own creative flow !
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By: Jeniffer

Jeniffer — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:50:12 +0000

I always carry a notebook! I find the ideas come to me several times per day, doing absolutely noncreative things (grocery shopping was the last one). I may look odd to others, stopping in mid-aisle to dig out my notebook and make a quick scribble, or pausing at a table in the rec center to quickly write down an idea as it briefly takes hold, but it’s a habit that has paid off. Blog posts, articles–much of my writing has started with the tiniest of creative sparks.
And I do make time. I get up in the morning several hours before my kids do, so that I can work on turning those little sparks into big, creative expressions.
And as for playing, my kids (in particular my four-year-old), make certain I never forget to play. Notebook nearby, just in case!
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By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:10:18 +0000

“Alimazing” is my new favourite word

I want to think/write more about environment and surroundings. I found Chip and Dan Heath’s book “Switch” really interesting (about how change is often very much influenced by our environment) and since I’m moving house next month, I’ve got a chance to revamp my surroundings considerably!