Thursday, 12 January 2012

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | The Creativity Post

Another great article from Creativity Post.


"The artist is not a special person, each one of us is a special kind of artist. Every one of us is born a creative, spontaneous thinker. The only difference between people who are creative and people who are not is a simple belief."




Aspects of creative thinking that are not usually taught.
1. You are creative.
2. Creative thinking is work.
3. You must go through the motions of being creative.
4. Your brain is not a computer.
5. There is no one right answer.
6. Never stop with your first good idea.
7. Expect the experts to be negative.
8. Trust your instincts. Don't allow yourself to get discouraged.
9. There is no such thing as failure.
10. You do not see things as they are; you see them as you are.
11. Always approach a problem on its own terms.
12. Learn to think unconventionally. 
13. Creativity is paradoxical. 

1 comment:

Mullin Avenue Workshop said...

Tessa,
I enjoyed this post.
I think it does remind us that creativity does involve hard groundwork.
It has qualities of fun and play, but the creative person does put in research, thinking, observation, all beforehand. And then it does take the committment to sit down and carefully implement the ideas.
Thanks for this post,
Brenda
BTW,
Thanks for mentioning my blog, at your earlier post!