Tag: creativity
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These were written 2007/2008 and tinkered with over the past decade-plus. I didn’t really know where to publish them, so on Obscure Curiosities they went. I’ve tweaked a bit more in 2026, but for the most part, these are my original thoughts from the later years of my ill-fated “college experience.” I There is always…
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Anna of Wild Geese had a great video on the subject of creative impulsivity. One big thing Anna brought up is this toxic mindset of treating our ideas as scarce resources. We keep the ‘best’ for some other time. Thus, we don’t act on our ideas freely enough. Well, I definitely have zero reason to…
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Many creatives I’ve met and studied have outlined, sometimes well-practiced and even calculated, creative processes. My methods, or seeming lack thereof, are more like a bizarre brand of madness. The way my brain works, my creativity often latches onto a certain concept, then so much energy goes into analyzing that concept from a high-level philosophical…
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We are all born creative. Creativity is inherently what makes us human. If you solve a problem, you are creative. If you turn your idea into something that you can share with others all the better. Sometimes you feel compelled to create at the worst possible times. But, if you put it off too long…