“When an idea is important to a person or culture it will find its way to imagery.” - Joseph Campbell
There is a popular misconception in the business world that artistic skills are required to visualize ideas.
Many people are worried that they will look foolish if they try to visually show others their ideas.
In the beginning, [...]
A group that is working towards a common goal needs to have every member understand what the big picture is - this is called “being on the same page.”
Putting the big picture up on a wall for the whole team to see can help achieve a unity of vision.
This can take the form of a [...]
Alice laughed: “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
At [...]
“If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.”
- Jean Piaget, Swiss philosopher
You can learn a lot about the creative process by watching kids at play.
Kids have a seemingly endless amount of energy, a limitless imagination, a wide-eyed [...]
Have you ever been struck by a flash of genius, only to forget what it was an hour later?
Or, you were paging through a magazine and came across an article or picture that you liked and thought it would be useful in one of your projects?
In these busy and distracting times, it can be hard [...]