October 2008
10 posts
Looking for some spooky creative inspiration?
For the past 13 years Duarte Design of Mountain View, California has celebrated Halloween with a pumpkin carving contest.
When a design firm such as Duarte holds a pumpkin carving contest you can always expect the results to be incredible. Duarte is – after all – a creative design firm. So it’s only fitting that this Halloween you look for creative inspiration at the 13th annual Duarte...
The winner of the Win a Book contest is...
Last week Creative Something had a contest where any reader could win a book of his or her choice.
This past Monday a winner was selected, and that winner was Mary! Which means Mary will receive the book of her choice: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America. Congratulations to Mary for being our randomly selected winner!
But just because a...
How you can be more creative today.
You are creative, there’s no doubt about it.
But you might not be as creative as you could ultimately be. In‒fact: everyone always has the ability to grow their creative potential, all it takes is a little guidance. Which is what I want to talk with you about today. You can always be more creative.
But how can you be more creative today, right now?
Here are a few tips I’ve...
How creative are you? Take the quiz and find out!
How creative do you think you are?
Do you ever wonder how creative your friends, your boss, and your family might be? Well wonder no more. Creative Something is proud to announce The Creativity Quiz!
The quiz is a short, ten question quiz that is not just fun to do…
Using some interesting questions and spiffy web technology the quiz will determine exactly how creative you are! But...
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Without you this blog would not exist.
It’s readers like you that not only motivate me to keep posting on this blog every week, but also send me creative submissions and feedback. So where would this blog be without you? Creative Something would probably be just another blog.
So today I would like to say thank you to everyone who reads, subscribes to, and links to Creative...
Places you shouldn't look for inspiration, but do.
Creative inspiration can be found almost everywhere, right?
But just because you can find inspiration anywhere doesn’t mean that you should be looking everywhere. In‒fact: there are a few places that you shouldn’t look to for creative inspiration, but probably do.
Whether you’re a creative professional, or just an average Joe (or Jane), you might be looking in all of the...
What do you think about creativity and mood...
“Experts ponder link between creativity, mood disorders.”
That’s the headline that caught my attention yesterday morning on CNN.com. The headline belongs to this article that explores the possible link between mood disorders – such as bipolar disorder and depression – and creativity.
My initial reaction to the article was that it makes sense. Creative artists tend to have higher...
Be inspired, shift your perspective.
You and I have it easy.
Just a few years ago – 10 or 20 – it took a lot of people, a lot of time, and a lot of talent to create perspectives that were out of the ordinary. Dreary monsters stomping through a city, explosive battles erupting in the dead of space, or even shirking an entire family, all use to take a lot of time and energy to create on the big screen.
Now days all it takes to...
The key to creative success is focus.
The power of creativity – when combined with focus – is absolutely incredible.
As a personal hero of mine, American writer, professional speaker and actor, Anthony Robbins once said: “Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.”
Taking the abilities that focus gives us as humans and...
Six confessions from creative professionals.
For the past thirty days thirty different creative professionals (who make a living by being creative) were asked to send their creative confessions to Creative Something.
From not really being creative, to thinking that creativity is incredibly hard, these creative confessions are an interesting look into the secret thoughts of some of the biggest creative geniuses of our time.
Without...