C r e a t i v e Blocks
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C r e a t i v e Blocks. What are. C r e a t i v e Blocks. Creative Blocks probably stopped cave men and women. . They stop artists, inventors, designers, writers for hours, days, weeks, months and sometime for years. Some times your mind is fluid and filled with C r e a t i v e ideas. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Creative Blocks
What areCreative Blocks
Creative Blocks probably stopped cave men and women.
They stop artists, inventors, designers, writers for hours, days, weeks, months and sometime for years.
Some times your mind is fluid and filled with Creative ideas.
Other times your mind is completely empty or filled like a junk yard.
Creative
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What areYOUR
Creative Blocks
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Connect these 9 dots w/ 4 or less straight lines…
Classic Answer
One or NO “straight lines”
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3 lines
PossibleSolutions
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EnvironmentalIntellectualExpressive Ot
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Perceptual
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ViewpointsSaturation
Senses
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rFear RiskChaosJudgingNo IncubationChallenge
Environmental
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rTaboosNo HumorReasonLB/RB ConflictTradition
Intellectual
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rInflexibilityCorrectnessReason/Intuition
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rPerceptualPast ExperienceMind SetsPreconceptionsStatus Security
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rCultural Pressure to conformDo not ask questionsExternal approval needed
Excessive quest for…CertaintyPowerMeaningSocial Relationships
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RightAnswer
That’s NOTLogical
Followthe RULES
BePractical
AvoidAmbiguity
To ERRIs HUMAN
Play isFrivolous
That’s NOTMy Area
Don’t BEFoolish
I’m NOTCreative
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
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7. Expect the experts to be negative.
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8. Trust your instincts.
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.
Creativity is paradoxical
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.
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.
Creativity is paradoxical
I amCreative
I amCreative
