Pareidolia Prompts
“We’re all remarkably adept,” Bogost noted, “at ascribing human intention to nonhuman things.” We do it all the time. Consider the related tendency to see human faces in non-human things, a specific subset of the phenomenon known as pareidolia, which is the tendency to assign meaning to seemingly random patterns.
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L. M. Sacasas • LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Allures of Digital Re-enchantment
Every person you meet is a creative artist who takes the events of life and, over time, creates a very personal way of seeing the world. Like any artist, each person takes the experiences of a lifetime and integrates them into a complex representation of the world.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Being a first-class noticer, and cultivating the ability to attend to what others overlook, is crucial to any creative process.
Rob Walker • The Art of Noticing for Writers: From The Art of Noticing (A Vintage Short)
As futurists we look for signals—small, often weird things. They are usually new technologies, new behaviors, new narratives that don’t fit into the mainstream, but that are often precursors of important transformations. We then try to discern the larger patterns that these signals herald to understand where they might lead ten or more years down t
... See morewalkerart.org • The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
In the words of neuroscientist Gregory Berns, “only when you consciously confront your brain’s reliance on categories will you be able to imagine outside of its boundaries.” Venturing out of the mind’s perimeter of comfort, in a constant quest for the unknown, liminal creators keep on fueling their imagination by exploring the gray areas that live ... See more
Ness Labs • Liminal Creativity
Searching for a good photo in the every-day of life teaches us to notice our surroundings more.