June 2010
13 posts
Whether you think you are creative or not...
Henry Ford once exclaimed: “Whether you think you are creative or not, you’re right.”
Okay, so Mr. Ford didn’t exactly say that, but he did say something very, very close. And despite the minor difference in what Henry Ford really said and what is quoted above, the meaning is the same: if you think you can, you can.
If you think you can be creative, you will be.
Beliefs are...
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Motivation Monday: Eirik Johnson and this side of...
A favorite internet read, The Morning News, currently has put up an interview with photographer Eirik Johnson.
When a photographer comes along that captures seemingly mundane, every‒day, stuff and yet manages to make it something powerfully interesting, you know you’ve stumbled upon a creative well worth looking into.
Eirik has found a way to capture not only places and scenes in his...
Art, photo, and illustration inspiration.
When it comes to creativity, some of my favorite places to look for inspiration are art, photography, and illustration websites or blogs.
There’s something about traditional creatives – those who use traditional and film cameras, physical paintbrushes, paper and glue, etc. – that is empowering and remarkably motivating.
Some of my favorite photographers are those who can take a normal...
Depression and creativity, a favorite fallacy.
Psychological woes such as depression and bi‒polar disorder have been linked with creativity for hundreds of years. Yet research suggests that depression doesn’t improve creativity at all, it actually hinders it.
If depression limits creativity, we can’t help but ask: why is creativity then associated with depression at all?
You can see it in some of the most creative painters,...
Creative Something is all new!
So what’s new with Creative Something?
The website has been growing more and more over the past two years, and I felt that it was time to update the design and purpose (yet again).
This time around you’ll notice quite a few things ‒ but only if you stop by the actual website, not necessarily if you’re one of the 600+ people to only subscribe to the feed. Be sure to visit...
So you want to be more creative?
You are likely reading this article because you are either searching for creative inspiration, or because you want to find a bit of insight, or maybe in hopes that you could learn how to be more creative today.
Luckily for you there are a multitude of ways you can become more creative right now. Even better news: if you know of at least one way to become more creative right now, you can use...
Quality in creativity.
In the book Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance Robert Pirsig questions the term “Quality.”
What is Quality? Does Quality even exist? How can you define Quality?
Quality is something we all know of, we know it exists and we know it when we see it, but it’s hard to define. You can tell the difference between a creative idea with high quality and one without. But how can you tell...
Questioning perspective to find inspiration.
How do you know that the blue you see with your eyes is the blue that somebody else sees?
What if the entire way you see the world is completely different from the way anybody else views it? Isn’t that guaranteed anyway? How much of your perspective on life, love, and creativity, is different from anyone else’s perspective merely because of the events and experiences you have been...
What inspires you?
We’ve all heard the phrase before: “inspiration is all around us.”
But, come on, what does that even mean? Inspiration is all around us. It surrounds us in everything we do. And yet, when wondering what to eat for dinner, we can’t decide. Inspiration is everywhere, and yet I can’t ‒ for the life of me ‒ figure out where to start on my next book. If inspiration is really...
Out of town next week.
This is a note to let you know that there will be no new Creative Something posts for the next week.
As a personal note, I’m going out of town for business and will be unavailable to make posts on the blog. When I get back in town, however, I will be posting more creative inspiration and motivation than you can shake a stick at, so look forward to that!
If you haven’t taken a look...
What's your time perspective?
Talk about inspirational! Here’s a great video on time perspective from Philip Zimbardo.
It’s an insightful video about the different time perspectives, or time “zones” that individual people have and how our different perceptions of time affect everything we do. From relationships with family and friends, to the rising rate of boys dropping out of school.
The 10 minute talk...
Where imagination and creativity can take you.
Isn’t it odd that toddlers enjoy pretense, and that children and adults are moved by stories, that we have feelings about characters and events that we know do not exist?
This is a questioned posed by Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale University, in his article “The Pleasures of Imagination.”
Why is it that many of us are easily moved by fictional character or events? Why...
What if... with Avatar Days.
The short video embedded above was produced in just four days. Apart from the amazing quality of work the team was able to produce in such a short time frame, the idea behind the video is powerfully intriguing by itself.
[The film] follows 4 MMORPG players taking about their online persona’s. As they tell their stories we see them go about their everyday lives against the mundane...