Think Creative

Everybody is creative!   If you think that you are not creative, you are terribly wrong. The mere fact that you are not using creativity in your every day life does not mean that you do not have it in you. Maybe your creativity needs some encouragement; maybe you need to learn a few techniques to unleash it; maybe you simply need to free some room in your life for creativity, some time that you can spend alone with your Creative Self and let creative things happen by themselves. To prove to you that you are creative, I will ask you a simple question: Have you ever been in a situation where you had to improvise in order to achieve something?  It does not matter whether your improvisation was a success or not. I am sure that your answer is:  Yes . If so, that means that you have it inside - the act of improvising is in fact the act of being creative. Not every painting is a master piece, therefore not every improvisation needs to be great. The important thing is that ...

Creativity is the process in which all you previous knowledge, emotions and personal experiences combine with the traditional ideas, rules and patterns to generate new and original ideas, possibilities and alternatives that bring value to yourself but more importantly, to other people. This value can be some help in solving practical problems, help in communication with others or it can have entertaining or spiritual purpose.  In fact, it is very difficult to find the precise definition of creativity because for the creative people 2+2 almost never equals 4. Every person is creative for himself/herself and every person will tell you his/her definition of creativity and why they find it valuable. I asked myself, why is creativity so important for me?  Here is why I am so attracted to Mademoiselle Creativity. Creativity is a way of expressing myself Throughout my life I have always felt strong need to engage in one or another artistic activity. There were periods when ...

Modern economy is based on discovering and creating of new needs, and on providing new products and services designed to meet those needs. Big companies have Research and Development departments which brainstorm ideas about how to create new values for their clients on daily basis. But great ideas are not born only in the minds of innovation experts; they are also born in the minds of many other employees working in the company. The problem is they are not always recognized, presented and appreciated.  At work we are  required to come up with new ideas  whenever there is some problem that needs to be solved. This is the situation where bosses are most open to various creative suggestions simply because they feel they are in trouble and are looking for a way out. If you are one of those who are creative and fast enough, you will have no problem to come forward and provide right solutions that will be easily recognized and accepted. But not everybody gets a chance to be a...

I am in the late thirties and although most of the toys that I played with as a child were bought in shop I still remember playing with those that my dad made for me.     One of the most interesting was a detector radio. We spent quite some time that day stretching a wire antenna around a living room window. And then the magic started: I was able to hear the first sounds of the radio programme caught on our handmade radio receiver. Being a parent has never been an easy job. Toy makers know this very well. They also know that parents will never pinch pennies when trying to make their children happy, satisfied and occupied. Toy industry is moving forward even in the time of crisis and, as time goes by, all kinds of new and hi-tech toys are being presented to children and their parents. Today, toys are factory manufactured because nobody has time to build handmade toys even for the sake of making their own children happy. If you believe that it is pointless to invest time and e...

There are some talents that we never discover simply because we do not try certain things. I had never considered cooking a particularly interesting activity till the day I moved to live on my own and had no one to cook for me. Only then did I discover the fantastic world of spices, exotic oils and vinegars, seductive sauces and sweet creams that can brighten your day no matter how stressed out you might feel. I have never read any cook book, in fact, out of hundreds of books that I possess none of them has anything to do with cooking. I usually prepare my meals relying on common sense and recipes that I picked up watching TV or assisting my friends while they were cooking. As a child I used to spend lots of time with my granny helping her around the kitchen so I learned many recipes from her without actually being aware of it. I only realized it decades ago when I started to cook and somehow was able to prepare most of her favourite meals. Nowadays, whenever I am not sure how to prepa...

According to the Maya calendar, the end of the 13th baktun (400 years long time cycle) falls on December 21, 2012. Some historians believe this day should mark the end of the Maya calendar and at the same time, the end of time. Planet Shopping CentrePhoto by billaday. Please visit  billaday's photostream. Thank you. The world has already gone through the hype of cataclysmic predictions connected to this day, none of which was supported with a clear evidence that some huge geological or astronomical catastrophe is going to...