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Being bored at work might just give a boost to your creative side, says a new study. 
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John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.
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Rae Ann Fera: "The legendary writer and actor has also become a well-known student of and speaker on creativity and how to cultivate it. He recently enlightened a group of ad types about the best ways to put yourself in a creative state of mind" ...
" “Guy Claxton, the author of Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind, says there are two kinds of thinking: one dependent on reason and logic, and one that’s less purposeful, it’s more playful, leisurely, and dreamy. In this mode, we are mulling things over, almost meditative, pondering a problem versus earnestly trying to solve it. He says allowing the mind time to meander is not a luxury. You need the tortoise mind, such as Einstein described, as much as you need the hare brain." " Via The Digital Rocking Chair, Arno Neumann
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It appears that the answer has to do with sexual selection. Does this explain how our species went from hunting and gathering to mass-producing iPhones and airplanes? There are many pieces to that puzzle. The relationship between sex and creativity might be one of them.
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Having created a mobile app to conduct an experiment, scientists recently found that our minds wander about 47% of the time (the notable exception being love-making, when our ability to concentrate is very strong). While that may make us sound lazy and unproductive, neurologists say that daydreaming actually increases our ability to solve problems by thinking more creatively. More on DAYDREAMING: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=daydreaming
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What does it mean to be connected in the 21st century? Hope, interdependence, and possibly the creation of a new consciousness, says Tiffany Shlain. Shlain is the founder of the Webby awards and creator of a new documentary, Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology, which premiered this year at Sundance.
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Allowing the mind to wander aids creativity. CREATIVITY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=creativity
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Myths have developed around and researchers have studied how the human brain juggles creativity and organization. Popular theory tells us that the left brain is structured and logical, while the right brain is artistic and imaginative, and that all human beings use predominantly one side of the other. More on CREATIVITY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=creativity
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In many ways, children flourish where adults fail. Children are more creative and are natural inventors. Their worldview is incomplete and demands discovery. They prosper because they embrace their ignorance instead of ignoring it. And they are willing to explore, investigate and put their ideas to the test because they are willing to fail. Unlike adults, they don’t care how other people perceive or evaluate their ideas, and they’re unconcerned with the impossible or what doesn’t work. Articles about CREATIVITY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=creativity
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“At any given moment, the brain is automatically forming new associations, continually connecting an everyday x to an unexpected y. This book is about how that happens. It is the story of how we imagine.”
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A research project just completed by Murdoch University lecturer Caroline Nilson has suggested that encouraging artistic expression in children may play a key role in establishing critical thinking skills.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows what happens in the brain during improvisation.Rappers making up rhymes on the fly while in a brain scanner have provided an insight into the creative process.
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"For people who already feel separate from the crowd, social rejection can be a form of validation," says Johns Hopkins Carey Business School assistant professor Sharon Kim, the study's lead author. "Rejection confirms for independent people what they already feel about themselves, that they're not like others. For such people, that distinction is a positive one leading them to greater creativity."
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...."If this different way of thinking explains the correlation between humor and intellectual creativity, then developing your sense of humor wouldn't necessarily help you to become more creative (although you might be happier). To do that, you would have to change the deeper patterns of thought. But then, what if humor did just that?
Remember that humor lights up three parts of the brain, starting with the thinking part that helps you get the joke. Consider a one-liner, like "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving may not be for you." A joke like this starts out with a traditional saying ("If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."), and then surprises you. It disobeys conventional expectations. It goes in an unexpected direction."
AN : the thesis here is that humour and creativity interlope....from an original article by Steve Gillman. ( Great and prolific author ).
http://creative.web.net/node/807
Via Arno Neumann
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The future of film is collaborative storytelling, says Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards.
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To make sense of our elusiveness, some psychologists study the relationship between our mental states and creative output. Is relentless focus good for creativity? Or is it better to let the mind wander? Where does inspiration come from?
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Some of the best ideas come not from poring over the facts but from a walk in the woods... Via Piotr Zabicki
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New efforts are being made to reconcile neuroscience with the arts and humanities, a process which is throwing further light on the fact that our brain works in a very creative way simply viewing a piece of art. NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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Teaching Conceptual and Creative Thinking Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson kept on beating the drum for radical change in schools this year. He keynoted the national Imagination Summit, and other education experts began thinking about how they could recapture the playful, creative energy of companies like Google and Pixar. Initiatives like the No Right Brain Left Behind challenge harnessed America's creative industries to develop ways for educators to teach soft skills like creativity and design thinking. The Imagination: Creating the Future of Education and Work project even created a lab to test ways for educators to effectively build imagination and creativity in the classroom. Via Rex Brodie, Kalani Kirk Hausman
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"Interacting with the world requires creative problem solving every day. Every sentence we utter is unique. We don’t just have robotic answers (...). Our brains are creativity machines".
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Certain meditation techniques can promote creative thinking. This is the outcome of a study by cognitive psychologists. Articles about MEDITATION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=meditation
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A new mindfulness research study (Ostafin, B. D., & Kassman, K. T, In Press) examined whether mindfulness could help improve participants' insight problem solving skills. Their hypothesis was that mindfulness might aid in solving of problems that require creative, nonhabitual responses. Articles about PSYCHOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology
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