Category: Creativity

A new idea, a creative idea, a bold idea is like a golden spiderweb. Saying yes to the new idea is like making the golden spiderweb get tensile strength. Saying yes again and again to the spiderweb is like making it able to hold an elephant. And that is what the web has to do, hold an elephant.

Saying no to a new idea because of any number of reasons that seem perfectly logical is like ripping it down so that there is no more golden beautiful spiderweb. Your creative ideas are that delicate at first. Everything in your logical mind will want to destroy it because the logical side cannot see the unconscious side. It has no clue what is going on there. Until you can make your logical side shut up you cannot access the other side.

NO is shutting it up and slamming the door and putting a lock on that door. When the door is the door to freedom and wonder and new ways of solving problems. It is easy to say no, It is supposedly safe and wise and strong. No is a cement club slamming down your dream.

You might think, “well, I will avoid a lot of pain if I stop this idea from even incubating. ” that is why we say no to anything. When it comes to new and creative ideas you may get, try saying yes and you will find the power of yes is the only way to get that life you want started.If you love your job and life then guess what , you will benefit everyone around you. They will also reap the fruit of your dream.

When we are just waking up and are not quite awake, that time is twilight. You are still foggy and in a dream state and the benefits from being in that state are still available to you. Thomas Edison would take naps and hold ball bearings in his hands. As soon as he would fall asleep his hands would relax and the bearings fall out and crash on the floor waking him up. This was so he could be in twilight state of being. So this is not a new gimmick.

That is also why Julie Cameron in her book on creativity has you write morning pages. We have the most amazing connections right then. You don’t want to waste it, especially if you are thinking up a new plan for something. My husband has to listen to a steam of talk from me the minute I am aware of morning. My dreams are fresh and still around. This time is almost like a vapor it leaves so quick. I have had breakthrough ideas during twilight. You can access this ability if you know about it even more and make a point to write down thoughts first thing or tell someone.

I call it waking up the giant.

An essential part of the definition of creativity is that it is not only original and useful, but occurs in a specific domain. This view highlights the importance of recognizing the areas in which a childs particular bent falls. One way to understand this is to think of it as seven kinds of intelligences:  Languages, Math and Logic, Music, Spatial Reasoning, Movement, and Interpersonal Intelligence.

Making school a place where each of these ways of learning are offered would be the very best as it would include everyone. Traditional schools focus on Languages and Math and Logic. You are going to have a hard time getting good grades if you have other kinds of intelligence. You might be labeled a slow learner even. What a traumatic stigma to have to go through when you just have a different learning capacity.  I was one of those who did not fit in very well with traditional education.

If I could start a school I would incorporate all the seven intelligences and let the children pick the one that they can use the best. Everyone would love school then. Everyone knows we are each unique, why then have a system of schooling that is so narrow. It takes a lot more work to incorporate all the styles of learning but it wold be more useful for everyone.

Also the first few years of life are crucial to building a good foundation for living the rest of your life. I think we should throw the Television out and develop amazing play areas for children so they can find out how they learn best. If you know that half the battle is won.

The ironic think about this blog is that it is super personal and I am talking about the most important things and I am deeply sharing my heart , but it is in an isolation tank.

I write and really hardly anyone writes back more than a few words. the counter says lots of people have read this but I wonder what they are thinking.

This is what I would like to see happen. People begin to write back and they write to each other about the topics I am talking about and share their insight and experiences.

then we all can benefit. But until that happens , I am in solitary confinement. It is one thing to actually be alone and write but this is sort of a two way street.

I would love it if someone totally disagreed with me and told me so. I would also love it if someone took it to another level and proved me wrong. I also wonder what the spam is about. Is there a person who sends notes out just to get on some kind of a list. I don’t know.

Until I do know I think I will keep on till someone writes back really writes back and shares something important.

I was reading a book on creativity that featured a story about a company that painted clouds on the floor, and has sounds effects on the long hallway that everyone had to walk down, Push a button and you get a new sound, all the way down the long hall. They also had very unorthodox ideas about furniture arrangement and naps were encouraged to make you feel better. All in all they were fostering a creative environment for all employees. Can you imagine ever quitting a place that was so homey and delightful? Why doesn’t everybody do this?

Most offices have florescent lighting, beige or white walls. and nothing to look at that is beautiful.

What a waste of life. No minute of your day should not be filled with every good thing to listen to, read, look at and feel. Yup we have five senses so we can use them not just for special occasions.

If I had an office full of workers I would greet them all with a kiss when they got to work. Then I would have them take off their shoes and hand them some soft slippers. Then I would whisper in their ear how proud  I was of them and how wonderful this day was going to be. Does that sound silly?? Well think of how high morale would be and how much work would get done without the onslaught of drabness and fear and loneliness  and  competition, and tiredness. What if you went to work and could not wait to get there because it was so delightful and make you feel one hundred percent better. I would make it my full time job to delight my employees. We would do whatever we would do together as a team and be happy and productive.