Creativity (MoC) - DeveloPassion

# Creativity (MoC) ## Notes   - [[4 pillars of creativity of Anne-Laure Le Cunff]] - [[A creative act involves three steps]] - [[Aha moment]] - [[AI Wiki - PKM - CONVO Method]] - [[Alex Osborn]] - [[Being able to find links between seemingly unrelated things is a great way to be creative and innovate]] - [[Being an introvert is not a weakness]] - [[Brainstorming]] - [[Breaking down the walls of personal information silos. Towards connected knowledge (Article)]] - [[Core Agile and Innovation Principles]] - [[CORE creativity model]] - [[Creative minds never sleep]] - [[Creative Momentum - Why Most Creators Fail Before They Even Start (Article)]] - [[Creativity is just connecting things]] - [[Creativity thrives with constraints]] - [[Cross-pollination of ideas]] - [[Divergent thinking]] - [[Edward de Bono]] - [[Eureka effect]] - [[Exploration is key to creativity]] - [[Exploring new ideas regularly helps solve all sorts of problems in creative ways]] - [[How to Capture Your Thoughts and Ideas (Article)]] - [[Humans are creative by nature, and we need to let that creativity express itself]] - [[Ideas are not created from thin air, but combinations of other ideas]] - [[Innovation is all about framing and re-framing problems]] - [[Interstitial Journaling]] - [[It's easier to move bits than atoms]] - [[Knowledge in, ideas out]] - [[Lateral thinking]] - [[Mind Maps]] - [[Morning pages]] - [[Most of the constraints we see are imaginary]] - [[Nourish your inspiration, imagination and intuition]] - [[On The Importance Of Writing (Article)]] - [[Proven approaches for generating endless writing ideas]] - [[Radiant thinking]] - [[Reframing the problem is interesting to find innovative solutions]] - [[Rigid plans reduce motivation and kill creativity]] - [[Scamper Method]] - [[Six Thinking Hats method]] - [[Slow Elevator Problem]] - [[Solitude fuels productivity and creativity]] - [[Stop classifying notes]] - [[Strong opinions held weakly]] - [[Taking notes means taking a stance]] - [[The Tag System That Finally Made Sense for Me - From Perfectionism Paralysis to Discovery Freedom (Article)]] - [[There's no need to focus on having original or unique ideas]] - [[Tony Buzan]] - [[Work on crazy ideas]] - [[You Need a Fourth Place A Space to Think (Article)]]  ## Quotes   - [[A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism]] - [[All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up]] - [[All ideas are mashups of old ideas. Pure novelty is ultra rare]] - [[Anxiety stems from intellect and creativity]] - [[Assembling is creating. All ideas are associations]] - [[Being creative is the opposite of anxiety. But you can’t get to creativity if you don’t start with acceptance and compassion and simple kindness toward the self, toward the parts of the self that are doing the things you can’t stand]] - [[By externalizing our thoughts, we clear mental space for creativity and innovation]] - [[Capture all the matches that could light a fire of new ideas]] - [[Capturing ideas is a critical part of being able to turn those into reality]] - [[Complexity is fractal. You only notice it when you get close enough to it]] - [[Conversations are the first draft of our thinking. The better your conversations, the better your ideas]] - [[Creativity is intelligence having fun]] - [[Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something]] - [[Creativity isn't about waiting for the perfect idea, it's about capturing the sparks when they come. You don't need a masterpiece right away. You just need to start sketching]] - [[Do what comes easy to you]] - [[Everything worthwhile is done with other people]] - [[Freedom is the condition of creativity]] - [[If the work doesn’t require creativity, delegate it, automate it, or leave it]] - [[If you fail to capture ideas, they might fade into oblivion and be lost forever]] - [[If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong]] - [[If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun]] - [[If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking]] - [[Inspiration follows action, not the other way around. Momentum creates inspiration]] - [[Ira Glass on the creative gap]] - [[Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends]] - [[Logic will get you from A to Z. Imagination will get you everywhere]] - [[Master productivity by taking action. Master creativity by creating regularly. Master perfectionism by embracing imperfection. Experience teaches what theory cannot]] - [[Most of what we learn about doesn't need to be memorized. Schools generally put too much emphasis on recall and so little on knowledge management, problem-solving, and creativity]] - [[My problem is that my imagination won't turn off]] - [[One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries]] - [[One of the central challenges of creative work is the capture of images and other forms of condensed thought]] - [[Originality is undetected plagiarism]] - [[People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things]] - [[Remember the true purpose of notes. They are not just to remember, but to think. They are not just to store, but to connect. They are not just to capture, but to create]] - [[Some of the most creative and productive people I have ever met work in multi-week bursts and then have weeks where they just idle with little done. It’s the nature of the human animal]] - [[Something cannot emerge from nothing]] - [[Stockpiling information is the base. Reflecting upon it is the journey. Creating something new from it is the destination]] - [[The absence of limitations is the enemy of art]] - [[The fun thing when you have a mission is that you never run out of ideas. It's like a virus that you need to spread around, no matter what]] - [[The kernel, the soul, let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances is plagiarism]] - [[The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes]] - [[The price of productivity is creativity]] - [[The unknown is where ideas are growing]] - [[The world is not a given. It is a creation]] - [[Treat ideas like cattle, not like pets]] - [[True creativity is the art of clarity]] - [[We can be very good at talking ourselves out of our dreams. Don’t underestimate your creativity. Even if the path forward is unclear, start experimenting. You’ll figure it out along the way. Or figure out that it was the wrong dream]] - [[We can't escape the prison that our mind sometimes feels like. But by learning and exploring our creativity, we can make it as big as we want and never see its limits]] - [[When the bar is set lower and when you focus on making meaningful progress, step by step, you get to focus more of your attention on how to move forward more effectively. This encourages experimentation and fosters creativity]] - [[Wonder is the door that invites new insights]] - [[Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere]] - [[Writing is a way of finding out. Finding out what to think, and what to build]] - [[You can't scale inconsistency. You can't build a sustainable creator business on hoping inspiration strikes]] - [[You don’t imagine something first and then write it down. It’s through the act of writing that ideas make themselves known]]