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
Creativity, Tinker likes to say, is a function of the “library in your head.” “When you sit down to create something…what you create is a culmination of everything you’ve seen and done previous to that point.” What you pour out is a culmination of everything you’ve filled up on previous to that point.