Prof. Peter Childs course in Creative Thinking Techniques is available on Coursera. Doing this course along with my kids.
Tag: Creativity
The Creative Brain – School of Life [Article]
An interesting insight drawn from the experience of Muhammad Ali, that Dr Ben Martynoga uses to explain creativity, & how it bubbles up at the most opportune (or is that lucky?) time.
John Cleese on Creativity [Video]
Cleese speaking at the 2009 World Creativity Forum in Germany. And if you enjoyed that, here’s another talk, a tad longer
“We do not get our ideas from our laptops!”
Where do mental illness & creativity meet? {Video]
A bipolar comedian, Joshua Walters, asks whats the right balance between medicating craziness away, and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive. Worth six minutes of your time.
Maybe there’s no such thing as being crazy.
Creativity through a short list [Article]
Want to change something in your life, but aren’t too sure how? Marc Lesser reminds us of a few ways that we can be creative, just as we were as kids:
Being more creative is a practice, a habit, and a process. A good way to begin is to notice how creative babies and young children are. Just the act of crawling, walking, and exploring can be enormously creative. Creativity is easy – just let yourself be more childlike, curious, open,
The new Eggs-box – [article]
A fresh look at a 100-year old packaging. BBC’s future technology article on The egg box that updates a humble yet classic design shows student Eva Valicsek’s attempt to design a replacement for the ubiquitous egg box!
Creativity [Picture]
Apparently this farm owner was denied a council permit to build a horse shelter. Fortunately, you don’t need a permit to build a table and chairs.