Category: ideation

Five Winning Mistakes

[box options]“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ― Albert Einstein[/box] 1. Fall Down Remember the first time you rode a bike? You fell, right? How did you learn to ride? By falling. How do we learn to get better? By getting back up… and falling again. 2. Quit Sometimes you have to… Continue reading Five Winning Mistakes

Stealing Ideas: Burgers on English Muffins

I was reading a few other creativity blogs recently and thought that others may be stealing ideas. “Hmmm. That looks familiar.” Then, as I kept reading, some of the content felt as if I’d written it. “I think they took that off my blog and rewrote it. Rude.” I started to get a wee bit jealous that… Continue reading Stealing Ideas: Burgers on English Muffins

Ideation Marriage Vows: Brainstorming Tips You Can Use Now

ideation – īdēˈāSHən – noun “The formation of ideas or concepts.” [box options]In a post a few weeks ago I asked you, awesome readers, what post in my drafts folder you’d like to see materialize into a full blown post. You voted via your comments, and Why Men Make Breakfast got top honors. A few runner-ups also… Continue reading Ideation Marriage Vows: Brainstorming Tips You Can Use Now

The It Factor

What’s the difference between success and failure? What makes one sink and another swim? Who has the ‘it’ factor? And how do we get ‘it’? If ‘they’ have ‘it’ and we don’t have ‘it’ how do we get ‘it’ so we can keep ‘it’?   What is ‘It’? Anyone in any creative field is an… Continue reading The It Factor

Ideation Exercise for Creative Flow

15 minutes on the timer. Write down as many ideas as possible. Rules: no rules. Even the ‘dumbest’ idea can eventually become amazing art or science. Make bubbles professionally. Eat only orange things. Grow something new. Climb a rock and write a poem on top of it. Spend a day living like a blind person.… Continue reading Ideation Exercise for Creative Flow

The Shortest Short Stories: Tiny Stories

Whilst traveling, my wife and I ran into a friend who had this book: It’s a fascinating (tiny) book of idea generators, saucy illustrations and super teeny-tiny stories. Coupled with this post of writing prompts I read yesterday, I thought I’d try my hand at a few tiny stories as well. Please leave your own… Continue reading The Shortest Short Stories: Tiny Stories

Be Childish, I Double Dare Ya

[box options]  In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first. ~Adora Svitak [box] We love you  TED Talks. We love your geeks, your smarts, your innovation . . . and your childishness. Recently, I cozied up to a speech by Andora Svitak (video below) and though she was 12… Continue reading Be Childish, I Double Dare Ya

Fuel for Creatives: Time (Part 3 of 3)

Coffee is morning fuel. Gasoline is car fuel. Sunlight is plant fuel. What is fuel for creatives?Ideation + freedom + time = creative fuel. (Read Part 1, Ideation and Part 2, Freedom)Time. While training as an actor, our troupe garnered loads of great instruction from John Barton’s video series “Playing Shakespeare.” Actors such as Ian… Continue reading Fuel for Creatives: Time (Part 3 of 3)