October - 2016

Halloween, creativity and mystery

Halloween, creativity and mystery

I think a great deal of my creativity have come through trying out different identities and stepping in to different mysterious worlds, either made by myself or somebody else. Halloween is one of these opportunities, -to play a game, changing perspective, making a costume and be a little more mysterious than usual. It´s probably good for creativity and imagination. And easier to go with the flow when everybody else is doing it. Happy Halloween everyone!

The key differences between creativity and innovation

The key differences between creativity and innovation

Most often there is a discussion about what´s the difference between creativity and innovation. This is an attempt to explain it: (found at : http://keydifferences.com/difference-between-creativity-and-innovation.html ) Key Differences Between Creativity and Innovation The following are the major differences between Creativity and Innovation: The quality of thinking new ideas and putting them into reality is creativity. The act of executing the creative ideas into practice is

Does Creativity Require Constraints?
How constraints can promote creativity

Does Creativity Require Constraints? How constraints can promote creativity

Scott Barry Kaufman Ph.D. wrote a blog post about how constraints can promote creativity. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/201108/does-creativity-require-constraints He says: Creativity involves variability— different ways of doing things. But creativity also involves constraints, which can either promote or preclude creativity. This simple, yet extremely important and non-obvious insight is the basis of Patricia Stokes’s excellent book "Creativity from Co

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Passion and other things...

To be creative, with a strategy

6 Signs a Potential Employee Will Drain Your Team of Creativity

6 Signs a Potential Employee Will Drain Your Team of Creativity

picture from: http://what-is-workplace-wellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/low-energy-woman.jpg I feel a bit drained of energy today, but yet hopeful that it´ll get better during the day. To paint a mural for two days also made me a bit tired. I came to think of things that drains energy and especially creativity and came across this blog post with the title: 6 Signs a Potential Employee Will Drain Your Team of Creativity We’ve all met people who love to drain others’ bat

Mural painting

A new experience

Sometimes limits are good

Sometimes limits are good

I believe that limits can be good for creativity. Too much information and the "no-boundary" concept seem to work less good for me. it makes me confused and overwhelmed. When I paint I often do one color at a time, just mixing it with different amounts of water and emulsions. Then I let it dry and do another layer with a new color. I also often work with two main colors to start with, mainly one light and one dark, often contrast colors. Then I slowly start to improvise. Bu

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