Creativity Challenge 2002

Alan's Creativity Challenges 2003-28

To Be More Creative Choose to Act More Creative

Recently while at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo I came across a small book
about the glass artist Dale Chihuly (The Essential Dale Chihuly by William
Warmus). The book is filled with many wonderful photographs of his work from the
very beginning to the most recent plus a brief history of his career as an artist.

Many times during his life he made choices that provoked new directions in his
work and greater creativity: taking time off to explore on a bicycle, trains;
experimenting with materials never used in glass work; exploring shapes, colors,
among many.

This week let's experiment in our minds with our lives.

Among the various types of creative people we can examine there are always those
that "stand out", those who are very unique.

This week each day take some time to examine your life so far for examples of how
you have "stood out" and then think about, imagine, project how you might "stand
out" even more in the future.

Each day take the given cliché I have provided. Each of the five are often used
to denote the unusual, unique, novel, strange type of creative person that is
often thought of immediately by those who seem to have forgotten how to be or
simply do not see themselves as creative.

MONDAY
squiggle versus straight line
How have you been a squiggle versus a straight line? What does it mean to be a
squiggle? A straight line?

TUESDAY
out of the box versus in the box
Are you an "in the box" or an "out of the box" thinker? How have you been an "out
of the box" thinker in the past? How might you be in the future?

WEDNESDAY
off the wall versus on the wall
What about being on or off the wall? How have you been an "off the waller"?

THURSDAY
in step versus out of step
What are some ways or times that you chose to "step out of line"?

FRIDAY
fit in versus dance to a different tune
How and when have you danced to a different tune or chosen not to fit in?

Have fun exploring your creative life this week.

Alan

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