Creativity

We’ve created this world where left brain people are free to act on their fairly narrow rational behaviors without being policed. Whereas the burden of proof demanded of a creative act is literally 20 times greater. – Rory Sutherland

I even resisted sitting at a desk, so my studio mates rarely saw me, and most of my work was done in nature, underneath trees, by the water, and sometimes in cafés, galleries, and the botanical garden. And the rest was a vast, empty space that I didn’t know how to navigate any more than I knew how to start drawing from a blank piece of paper.

What is it about fooling around while having fun that enhances creativity? By rearranging actions or thoughts, play generates novel ways of dealing with the environment, most of which lead nowhere but some of which may turn out to be useful — often at a much later date. Play is also about breaking away from established patterns and combining... See more