Comments on: Purposeful Creativity

By: Ashely Adams : Online Printing

Ashely Adams : Online Printing — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:16:19 +0000

My simple formula for being creative: Just keep your eyes open and look around. Inspiration will come automatically when you keep your senses wide awake.

By: John Samuel

John Samuel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:42:59 +0000

I would like to say that simply waiting for an inspirational idea will not do me any justice. But I do agree with you, it requires lot of toil to attain the best. So I believe the more you draw or design (or even write), the more ideas you will get. You can find the places which need more polishing. And this in turn will lead to creativity

By: angelique

angelique — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:59:37 +0000

yea, it is about getting inspired. :)

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:19:12 +0000

Great post! What an inspiring random chance encounter!
You never know where wisdom/inspiration will come from next, and open your mind to new perspectives!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:48:47 +0000

keep eyes and ears open to inspiration in everything and encourage others

By: davison creators

davison creators — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:38:59 +0000

Creativity is the key to innovation. I’d like to hear some input about what companies are doing to increase creativity.

By: David Puerto

David Puerto — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:25:53 +0000

This is why I love our medium, you can just jump into work and click back on your history. Just get to work and start assembling! Inspiration will come to your if you have that eye and knack for generating and delivering powerful ideas. You don’t have to worry about waste(except maybe time) and you don’t have to worry about destroying anything… just save copies and work in non-destructive ways. Your inspiration will come to you. It always does…

By: Mark Carter

Mark Carter — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:46:24 +0000

I find that the spaciousness that meditation brings very conducive to creativity. Conversely, the more crowded in I am by views, emotions, plans, ideas and agendas …. the less likely anything worthwhile will arise …

By: Patrick Romuald

Patrick Romuald — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:53:30 +0000

In case you did not get the old man right, he wasn’t waiting to be creative, but to be “inspired”. You can NEVER force inspiration, unlike creativity. That is why I agree with you on the concept of purposeful creativity (a.k.a Work), which can be forced, but not on the fact that inspiration has nothing to do with waiting. You must wait to be “inspired”.

Haven’t you noticed how long it takes to produce “created” craft compared to what it takes to produce “inspired” craft?

By: Seth Etter

Seth Etter — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:02:53 +0000

Great article, I couldn’t agree more. Creativity is something that is inside of us that we must learn to hone in on and focus to a certain task at hand. It’s all there, we just have to learn to use it. :)

By: Xaby

Xaby — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:04:51 +0000

well i like to believe that creativity is kinda random though its all around.

By: Cristian

Cristian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:31 +0000

Creativity has to be cultivated, just like any other skill. But it’s a skill of the mind. The way you think intertwined with the feelings and desires that you have deep inside. Reminds me of an article I read about positive thinking. Here I relate it to creativity. Both are states of the mind. But if you wait for the state to come first before you move your hand you’ll wait forever. In the article the author arguments that it’s better to focus on behavior rather than on attitude. So if you have a fixed routine or plan to execute you’ll slowly enter the positive state. And through repeated attempts, you’ll create good work, which will reinforce your own creative genius. So as Edison put it, it’s 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

By: Got Freelance?

Got Freelance? — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:28:02 +0000

haha slippery bar of soap..lol I like that

By: Got Freelance?

Got Freelance? — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:57:13 +0000

for sure….success is a planned event. It takes hard work and hustle, but anyone can make it in the down economy…but not by waiting

great post

By: Lori Mathhead

Lori Mathhead — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:32:46 +0000

Beautifully written. Deliberate creativity opened up a new world for me and my young calculus students. It can be applied to any profession with excellent results.