My plants and trees are cheering. It is actually raining for the first time in weeks. It's not a thunderstorm, wind storm or tornado warning like other areas in Georgia have experienced the past few days. It is simply a pleasant easy paced summer rain. It sounds, smells, looks, feels great!

Now I can easily "reframe" and deliberately spark my creativeness thanks to nature.

"Reframing" is the basic principle behind many idea generating techniques or creativeness sparking techniques. Reframing can also can be called...

Try reframing using television shows or movies on television this week as your stimulus.

Each time choose programs you do not usually watch. After you complete watching the show take time to make connection to a challenge you are working on. Use aspects of the characters. Use the plot. Use approaches that the characters used to resolve conflicts in the program.

Monday
watch a western

Tuesday
watch a situation comedy

Wednesday
watch a soap opera

Thursday
watch a talk show

Friday
watch a sports special

Anything can become a valuable stimulus to help respark our creativeness and to help generate ideas or help make links to potential ideas.

Have a creative week.

© 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 Robert Alan Black, Ph.D. CSP