Comments on: Creativity http://www.meryl.net/2005/11/creativity/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2005/11/creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-342879 Meryl Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:30:45 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/11/07/creativity/#comment-342879 <p>Nice article on <a href="http://www.jpb.com/creative/creative.php" rel="nofollow">10 Steps for Boosting Creativity</a>. Short, simple and easy to do. Another from <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/89/creativity.html" rel="nofollow">Fast Company on the Six Myths of Creativity</a>.</p> Nice article on 10 Steps for Boosting Creativity. Short, simple and easy to do. Another from Fast Company on the Six Myths of Creativity.

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2005/11/creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Meryl Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:36:27 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/11/07/creativity/#comment-861 <p>The Diva Marketing Blog has excellent tips and resources on creativity and innovation.</p> <p><a href="http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2005/11/innovation_fort.html" rel="nofollow">http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2005/11/innovation_fort.html</a></p> The Diva Marketing Blog has excellent tips and resources on creativity and innovation.

http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2005/11/innovation_fort.html

]]> By: nickster http://www.meryl.net/2005/11/creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-860 nickster Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:24:07 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/11/07/creativity/#comment-860 <p>I think a lot of it has to do with our own self-conciousness. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've begun to write something and ended up crumpling the page (or deleting the file). Kids don't have that apprehension. They revel in silliness. But as we age, priorities change.</p> <p>I remember being a kid and seeing a news story about how Crayola was "retiring" some old colors to make way for newer neon ones. One of the colors to get the boot was lemon yellow. I remember images on TV of people picketing about this. In retrospect, it was a really silly thing to picket about. On the other hand, from my childhood perspective, it really was a big deal.</p> <p>For better or for worse, as we get older, we become less silly, and thus less creative.</p> I think a lot of it has to do with our own self-conciousness. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve begun to write something and ended up crumpling the page (or deleting the file). Kids don’t have that apprehension. They revel in silliness. But as we age, priorities change.

I remember being a kid and seeing a news story about how Crayola was “retiring” some old colors to make way for newer neon ones. One of the colors to get the boot was lemon yellow. I remember images on TV of people picketing about this. In retrospect, it was a really silly thing to picket about. On the other hand, from my childhood perspective, it really was a big deal.

For better or for worse, as we get older, we become less silly, and thus less creative.

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