Think Creative

’I sat down to write but nothing clever came across my mind’ I said to my English teacher when she asked me about my homework. ’Then you should have written something stupid’, she replied. How many times you had to produce some piece of writing and you found yourself staring at white paper (or computer screen) feeling hopelessly drained from any idea how to start? And the clock was slowly ticking out the hours before the deadline for the submission of your written work!  In this post I am going to tell you how I cope with this problem. Create working conditions where you can concentrate and  focus  on the topic that you are writing about. Some people do not mind noise while writing, others like to have music playing in the background or on their headphones, but not me. To write effectively I need peace and quiet so I can listen to my own thoughts. Easily done at home but it can be a problem when I am in the office. At work I am surrounded by creative people who like to li...

You have probably heard and read a lot about different  techniques that are supposed to improve your creative thinking  and inspire your imagination in the moments when you are facing a  creative block . But has anyone ever explained to you what is happening inside your brain in those precious moments when a new idea emerges in your creative mind? Can idea creation be explained by science? Are ideas created by certain chemical reactions in our brain or are they result of a divine inspiration that the universe is sending us? If creativity is a result of a physiological process in our brain, are there ways in which we can deliberately induce creation of ideas whenever we need them?  Lately I came cross a book that I had read a few years ago,  ’The Brain and Emotional Intelligence’ by Daniel Goleman  and I remembered having read there an interesting passage about the processes that are taking place in our brain whenever we are trying to think of new ideas....

To me an idea often resembles a huge puzzle picture. At a first glance, it may appear whole and perfect, but when you take a closer look you will discover that it consists of small parts some of which are sometimes missing. Those missing parts of the puzzle may sometimes be pieces of information, steps in the project execution which are not yet defined or small problems or issues that need further creative thinking. Filling the gaps that keep us away from our ultimate goal can be tiresome and frustrating so many individuals lose patience along the way and many brilliant ideas never see the light of the day. Instead of feeling discouraged, I suggest you take a look at your creative problem from another point of view. Think of your problem as a detective story, a murder mystery with many missing parts that you have to put together. Remember reading the stories or watching films about famous detectives like Hercules Poaro or Sherlock Holmes and the complicated murder cases that they a...

You feel trapped in your daily routine. You are tired of doing the same things, meeting the same people, visiting the same places, listening to the same life stories... day in, day out. Eventually this dullness of your everyday reality starts to affect your creative thinking. Suddenly you realise that you have a new best friend - Monotony. Pink Giraffe decided to battle monotony and went hiking in the mountains.   I know that what I am about to tell you will not offer big consolation, but there are times in our lives when we are all friends with Monotony. She is like those people who you do not meet for ages and then suddenly you start bumping into them everywhere you go. Sometimes it becomes so frustrating that you start to feel pursued.  Monotony is defined as lack of variety.  It is also manifested as uniformity in form or colour, or as sameness of tone, scenery, occupation, etc. Prolonged feeling of monotony can lead to depression and frustration with one's ow...