Creativity
by Lael Johnson · updated 5h ago
Creativity
- behind the actor stands the storyteller, but behind the storyteller stands a community of memory.
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
- Shaker furniture is a distinctive style of furniture developed by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as Shakers, a religious sect that had guiding principles of simplicity, utility and honesty. Their beliefs were reflected in the well-made furniture of minimalist designs.[1]
from Shaker furniture by Edward D. Andrews
Lael Johnson added 2mo ago
Creativity is an active process, not a passive one.
from Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
By using some of these collected phenomena bubbling in your head, you will have a book that has your stamp on it and is unlike any other. When I’m working with clients, I tell them to temporarily put aside considerations of others and of worldly success, and I ask that they make a list. What kind of list? It’s an inventory of everything that fascin
... See morefrom Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy
Lael Johnson added 12d ago
- “It seems to me,” the puppeteer Jim Henson (The Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, etc.) said, “that each of us expressing our own originality is the essence of our art and professionalism.” Don’t hide it. Embrace it. Express it. Manifest it through your discipline. Say it out loud
Lael Johnson added 12d ago
Talking or writing about the things you're interested in is a good way to generate new ideas. When you try to put ideas into words, a missing idea creates a sort of vacuum that draws it out of you. Indeed, there's a kind of thinking that can only be done by writing.
from How to Do Great Work
Lael Johnson added 17d ago
- Great questions don't appear
suddenly. They gradually congeal in your head. And what makes
them congeal is experience. So the way to find great questions is
not to search for them — not to wander about thinking, what great
discovery shall I make? You can't answer that; if you could, you'd
have made it.from What You'll Wish You'd Known
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
- Embrace the joy of missing out. Your curiosity can make you more acutely aware of the potential benefits you’re foregoing by committing to one project over others. This heightened sensitivity to missed opportunities can fuel indecision and make it harder to focus on a single idea. But having many interests is a strength, not a weakness. Remind your... See more
from The Curiosity Conflict: The Struggle to Shift from Exploration to Exploitation by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
- “Art is what we call...the thing an artist does.
It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human.
Art is not in the ...eye of the... See morefrom Seth Godin Quotes (Author of Purple Cow)
Lael Johnson added 2mo ago