Lisa Canning has devised a quiz based on two lists of competencies.
The first is a list that Eliot Eisner from Stanford University developed on how the mind processes art
Qualitative relationships in the absence of rules
Acting flexibly with purpose to approach a goal
Learning to explore possibilities within a medium
Using imagination to see multiple perspectives
Learning to pay [...]
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Posted in Creativity on Apr 30th, 2008
Rosanne Cash has written a beautiful and eloquent description of her creative process on a New York Times blog:
…as I get older I have found the quality of my attention to be more important, and more rewarding, than the initial inspiration. I?ve found that the melody is already inherent in the language, and if I [...]
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Posted in Art, Brain, Creativity, arts-in-business on Apr 24th, 2008
JANET RAE-DUPREE writes in the New York Times:
I’M of two minds. As a matter of fact, so are you. And until recently, corporate America wasn’t doing much to take advantage of one of them. But now that we?re hip-deep in what has been called both the Creative Economy and the Conceptual Age, no one can [...]
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Highlights from the American Creativity Association Conference in Singapore
I was invited to speak at the ACA conference which took place the last week in February in Singapore. 200 people attended from 33+ countries, making this a truly international meeting. I love being part of conferences in far off lands, because it is an [...]
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Posted in Art, Brain, Conferences, Creativity on Apr 21st, 2008
Tony Buzan, the UK-based inventor of Mind Maps, says “When you train your memory and train your imagination, there is a remarkable increase in concentration, study skills and creativity, while at the same time raising your IQ.” At the American Creativity Assoc Conference in Singapore, he asked us to write down the [...]
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Creativity and Innovation Skills Development
with Linda Naiman
Date: March 3, 2008
Our simple survey indicates that professionals desire creativity training that could help them generate solutions to address issues and problems in the daily course of their work.
Creativity at Work uses a balanced approach to developing creativity that includes both analytical and imaginative thinking derived from the [...]
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Posted in Conferences, Creativity on Jan 26th, 2008
For five days delegates will discuss the challenges and opportunities in applying creativity and seeking creative solutions across the cultures associated in four broad areas: government and quasi- government, education, business and commerce, and arts and culture.
Over 200 practitioners and experts from around the globe are expected to attend this conference.
I will be speaking about [...]
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