creativity
âDo you think human creativity matters? Well, most people donât spend a lot of time thinking about poetry, right? They have a life to live and theyâre really not that concerned with Allen Ginsbergâs poems or anyoneâs poemsâuntil, their father dies; they go to a funeral; you lose a child; someone breaks your heart.
And all of a sudden youâre
... See moreThe price we pay for dreaming is the possibility of drowning; the price we pay for not dreaming is the surety of coasting through life in a stupor of autopilot, landlocked in the givens of our time, place, and culture. The dreamer, then, is the only one fully awake to life â that bright technology of the possible the universe invented to prevail
... See moreMaria Popova ⢠Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success
the creative process typically involves three steps:
- Collecting: Gathering interesting ideas
- Connecting: Drawing connections and organizing materials
- Creating: Producing something new
Sari Azout ⢠The End of Productivity
Tired: Rushing to quick answers or public declarations
Wired: Sitting with questions, refining them in trusted company, and waiting until the shape of truth emerges
Yancey Stricklerx.comI find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone elseâs; itâs always what Iâve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. Itâs only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea.... See more