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We’re all born
selfish…
…and creative!
‘It appears that children must first be
able to identify themselves as
separate individuals before they can
truly feel empathy for others. This
happens sometime around the
middle of the child's second year’— Eisenberg, 1995.
Young children are
unaware of others so aren’t
bothered about what others
think.
“A man going really fast, a shocked guy and a
person who has just found his trousers.”
We’re taught how to do
things “properly” and
creativity disappears.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/test-answers-that-are-too-clever-for-their-own-good
http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/test-answers-that-are-too-clever-for-their-own-good
Being creative starts to be
seen as making trouble. So
many of us stop being
creative.
We need to work to
keep our creativity alive.
How?
Why is sharing
important?
‘If you are very small, you actually
understand that there is no point in
jumping into the swimming pool
unless they see you do it. The child
crying, ‘‘Watch me, watch me,’’ is not
begging for attention; he is pleading
for existence itself.’— M.R. Montgomery Saying Goodbye: A memoir for Two Fathers.
Hopefully we all know that we
exist. Are we sure this is true of
our creativity?
Sharing something means it
exists.
It’s not about doing
things well. It’s about
exercising your creativity.
“That’s very nice. But I
don’t have time to spend
doing experiments.”— You?
Yes you do!
“What’s the point
of all this?”— You again?
It helps when you are
working on non-creative
client work.
It also helps when you
are working on creative
projects for clients.
If the end result is good for the
client, their customers and you
then nothing is a waste of time.
This isn’t just for
designers!
“But I can’t think of
anything to do.”— Certainly not you!?
Personal projects,
hack days and
collaboration.
When you were a child
did you do creative
things just for the fun?
And could you do something
childishly creative tomorrow?
And could you do something
childishly creative tomorrow?
(Yes.)
My name is Pete.
I’m on twitter here @clarkcx
I work here: www.ablewild.com
Slides: slideshare.net/ablewild