Upgrade Your Space
One of the biggest sources of creativity block is the monotony of life. This comes from our surroundings and routines. Since most of us don’t have the luxury of upgrading our routines, why not upgrade your surroundings?
Eye Candy |Vintage Ads|
This week’s eye candy centers around vintage print advertisements. These range from the sexist, the dishonest, and the beautiful ads from eras past. Enjoy, be offended, get inspired.
Make People Feel Uncomfortable
Today’s Idea Sparkler is all about making people uncomfortable. (Don’t get so excited, guys with thick mustaches in white vans parked at playgrounds.) Making people feel uncomfortable is a powerful technique to get your message across. If you watch The Office, you’ve seen comedy that makes you feel uncomfortable. They create some of the most…
Take Care
I struggle with depression. Nothing creative happens when I get depressed. Fortunately I’ve found the secret source of my depression. Bad eating and lack of exercise. It’s true. I first discovered this as a teen. My parents went on exciting trips around the world, left me a Benjamin and trusted me to take care of…
Don’t Be an Owner
There is a certain phenomenon I’ve observed over the years. It’s that people’s preferences change when they are to connected to the act of creation. It’s difficult to explain so I’ll illustrate this with an example. Imagine you’re chilling with some buddies, and one of them has an idea to start a business. You proceed…
Complicate Things
Today’s idea sparkler is inspired by an animation created using hundreds of balloons. Each balloon had a different drawing on it. Then they were lined up in a long row and popped one at a time–creating a flip-book-like animation. Pretty cool!
Eye Candy |Episode 12|
Sweeten your visual senses with this week’s eye candy buffet. Here are a few visuals I stumbled across this week. Be inspired. Enjoy.
Be the Underdog
Want to get really creative really fast? Pick a fight with someone bigger, stronger and more creative than you. Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention. In nature, stronger animals eat weaker animals. Unless the weak animal is more clever.
Droning
Experiencing a clogged brain? Flush the icky gunk from your brain with Creative Draino – now more droning than ever! I’m highly active. When I watch TV, I inhale it. I’m not the best at vegging out. Sometimes my brain gets overstimulated and it shuts down to creativity.
Distractions
Hectic week. On top of that, I’ve decided to blog 15 times/week – up from my usual 10. I’m not entirely excited about this new discipline, and I’ve been incredibly distracted. Facebook, Twitter and email are just a few of my distractions. I find myself refreshing my website statistics every minute just so I don’t have…