There’s a certain momentum that occurs with creativity. People don’t learn until they start learning. People aren’t creative until they start creating. Follow me, here. Have you ever worked with an old, dry sponge? Though the sole purpose for a sponge is absorption…they don’t absorb anything until you get them going. The first few drops…
Did you know the Russians invented bungee jumping to replace parachutes? They couldn’t create an effective parachute so they created the bungee chord to assist their troops’ airplane ejections.
I love money. I don’t necessarily love it for the things it can buy. I certainly don’t like it for the cool designs on the bills. I actually love playing with money. Money is fun! Something about transferring between accounts, investing, using credit well…it’s a blast.
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…
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.
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…
Secret societies: those spooky, clandestine organizations allegedly responsible for every dastardly event in history. You know what the true power of the secret society is, though? It’s the fact that no one really knows what they’re doing…if anything.
Werewolves are alright. They do neat things now and then. But they aren’t creative. The problem with werewolves is that they’re useless 27 days of the month. Everything has to be just right for the magic to happen.
Mummies aren’t creative. They’re wrapped up so tightly in themselves they can’t be original. They can hardly move. True, their tightly wound exteriors keep anything from touching or hurting them. But they’re also decaying inside.
Vampires suck. They wear flashy capes and fancy hairstyles, but don’t be fooled–they aren’t creative. Vampires are selfish. Instead of giving life, they take it. The only transactions vampires make at blood banks are withdrawals.