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There are 3 different classes of chaos that affect creativity: Universal, External, and Personal. Universal chaos is about finding the energy to create Something out of Nothing. External Chaos examines how life events shape us and connect us. Personal Chaos is about getting past our own doubts and fears and embracing what makes us different. This addendum to The Creative Method and Systems is meant to inspire creative-minded people to pursue what they love, with a little quantum physics thrown in for good measure.

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Introduction& thank-you

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JasonTheodor.comyou can call me jted

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JasonTheodor.comyou can call me jted

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creative

connector

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@jted#FITC

Tweetiquette

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Digital brand experience“since 1996!”

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Digital service experiencea few places to hang out and create or discover content

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I am working on a toolkit for living a creative life

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slideshare.net/jted

The foundation has been laid here:

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But there’smuch more to

explore…

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Question:How do you come up with

all your ideas?

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Question:How do you come up with

all your ideas?

What is Creativity and how does it work?

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action

connection

deviation

Elements of Creativity

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action

connection

deviation

quantity

ideation

quality

problem-solving

originality

innovation

Elements of Creativity

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actionconnection

deviationwhere themagic happens

Elements of Creativity

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action

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deviation

do

glue

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Elements of Creativity

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do

glue

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explode

connect

configure

action

connection

deviation

induction phase

analysis phase

synthesis phase

Elements of Creativity

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Again, all of this has been covered here:

slideshare.net/jted

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Question:What is a creative

person most afraid of?

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Nothing

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Nothing

writer’s block

creative constipationblank out

the fear

idealess

tabula rasa

uninspired

emptiness

inertia

mental barriers

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“What if I run out of ideas?”

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The Purposeto explore the

relationship between chaos & creativity

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Universal

Classes of Chaos

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Universal External

Classes of Chaos

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Universal External

Personal

Classes of Chaos

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Universal ChaosPart One

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In the beginning,there was…

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Nothing

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linguists define chaos as disorder and confusion

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Scientists call chaos formless primordial

matter

But…

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The Greeks called this the void,

or khaos

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Chaos=Nothing

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Universal Chaos contains infinite

potential

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It is the Nothing before the creation

of the Universe

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Randomness

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True randomnessis hard to come by

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Just ask most computers

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Just ask most computers

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They don’t pull arandom number

out of a hat

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They always start with a ‘seed’

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A ‘seed’ allows themto base a new number

off of an existing system

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The system isso complex thatit is perceived as

random

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Usually a computerjust checks the time

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in milliseconds

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It uses this seed number to create a ‘random’ number

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Is that reallyrandom?

But…

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This brings us toanother definition

of chaos

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“Unpredictable behavior so sensitive

to changes andconditions that it appears random”

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You probably knowthis as Chaos Theory

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Also known asThe Butterfly Effect

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Chaos Theoryponders a world

so complex…

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that the beat of abutterfly wing

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can cause small and increasingly complex changes in weather

patterns

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and alter the course of a hurricane

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Chaos Theoryinfers that

the Universewas determinedfrom the sparkof conception

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Once things areset in motion,

everything is on a set path

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True Randomness only occurs before

the beginning

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Randomness=Infinite Potential

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G’mork Falcor

Chaos is random, Luck is determined.

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Randomness=Nothing=Chaos≠Luck

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Uncertainty

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Wait!

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Don’t be all about the

Universe beingpre-determined

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“Quantum physicsindicates that

uncertainty is an inherent feature of the physical world.”

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That’s how scientists say:“Shit happens”

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Werner Heisenberg called this the Uncertainty

Principle

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You cannot even measure the precise

location & momentum of a given particle

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You either know exactly where you are but have no idea how

fast you are going

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Or you know exactly how fast you are going

but have no idea where you are

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The act of observation affects

the outcomeof an event

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Any given particlecould be anywhere

in the Universe untilit is ‘needed’ or

observed

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Einstein hated this!

Grrrr!

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“I like to believe that the moon is still there even if we don’t look at it.”

-Albert Einstein

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But even Einstein couldn’t disprove it

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This means nothingcan be determined

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But anythingis possible

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So when you are staring at this:

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Nothing

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How do you summon the power to recreate

the Universe?

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How do youbreak inertia?

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How do you distill the infinite?

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SomethingWith…

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A cataclysmicmoment

With…

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A leap fromNothing

With…

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A Big BangWith…

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A ‘let therebe light’

With…

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subtitle goes hereTitle goes here

everyone imagines the beginninglike this

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or this

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when really it looked more

like this

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It took a full three minutes before the Universe was cool enough for light

to shine

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So take a moment. than leap into…

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Action

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Universal Chaos is infinite possibility

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Getting from Nothing to Something requires considerable

energy

But…

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-Carl Sagan

If you wish to make

an apple pie from scratch,

you must first inventthe universe

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Even now the Universe consists of mostly e m p t y s p a c e

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99.9% empty!

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If you removed the empty space from the atoms that make up all humans on the planet, then you could fit all 6 billion of us inside asingle apple.

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Creation

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It’s no coincidencethat it’s called anAct of Creation

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Getting past the inertia of absolute chaos is the

crux of Creation

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It requires you to act

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Creation is the act of bringing Something

into existence

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This act used to bereserved only for

the gods

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But now we have

computers:-D

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Do

-Maira Kalman107

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Something =Not Chaos

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Inbetween Binarymoving from zero to one

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“Jumping that gap between zero and one”

Creativity is…

-Ze Frank

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chaos order0 1

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10chaos order

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10chaos order

creation

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10chaos order

creationaction

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10chaos order

nothing somethinginfinite singular

potential reality

creationaction

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Universal Chaosaction

connection

deviation

do

glue

skew

Elements of Creativity

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Before I knew what this was going to become, I wrote:Presentation Stream:

This initial streamof consciousness

became the seed for my entire presentation:

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Before I knew what this was going to become, I wrote:Presentation Stream:

"Unexpected life events, miracles, tragedies, random occurrences, freak accidents,

remembered dreams, screw-ups, messes, falling leaves, falling in love, craziness,

evolution, madness, traffic snarls, boredom, depression, lottery winnings, overdoses, auditory elation, media fixation, crashes, television snow, soft wind, shutter clicks,

bliss, refracted sunlight… how does creativity respond to chaos?How can chaos

be channelled to make your work/art better? Jason Theodor has a few crazy ideas."

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Creative Methods

The Law of 1%

10 Ideas in 10 Minutes

tools for ACTION

Streaming

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External ChaosPart Two

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Disorder imposes itself on our lives

constantly

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All kinds of stuff happens to us:

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WarDeath

FamineDisease

AccidentsDisastersand otherBeautifulTragedies

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Why do bad things happen to

good people?

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I don’t know

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But it makes usmore creative

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Extinction

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The Apocalypse

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PestilenceFamine War

Death

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PestilenceFamine War

Death

My Little Pony?

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Death Pony

PestilencePony

War PonyFamine Pony

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M.A.D.(mutual assured

destruction)

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remember when Mel

Gibson was cool?

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Global Warming

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Best.Inconvenient PowerPoint.

Ever.

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compact

fluorescent

light

bulbs

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Tsunamis

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Spanish Civil War

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Guernicaby Pablo Picasso

begets:

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Car Accident

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Quadrapalegic cartoonist, painter,

musician

creates:

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John Callahan

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“I’ve learned that circumstances

are not happening to me so much

as they are happening for me.”

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ALS(amyotrophic

lateral sclerosis)

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World famous theoretical

astrophysicist

creates:

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Diagnosed with ALS just before his wedding, at age 21

He is given two to three years to live

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Dr. Stephen Hawking

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Dr. Hawking now concedes that time travel is a scientific

possibility

This may explain how he has lived to be

68 so far…

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Quantum

kids books

are geek

chic

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Hawking has been on Star Trek and The Simpsons

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There are fake MC Hawking rap albums and fake ads

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Connection

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External Chaos defines our character

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“The deeper that sorrow carves

into your being, the more joy you

can contain.”

On External Chaos:

-Kahlil Gibran

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It bonds us through common

experiences

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It gives us something to

connect to– and to connect to each other through

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Personally,culturally,globally.

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It gives Creativity a point of reference

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subtitle goes here There’s a reason over half*of all literature, movies, television, etc. aretragedies

* This is a completely made up statistic, but I’m sure it is true to some measure…

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External Chaos

action

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deviation

do

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Elements of Creativity

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While creating this presentation I:My Own External Chaos

quit my jobwent to multiple interviewscreated and presented a separate lectureinterviewed bathroom contractorspicked tile and tub designsworked on 2 creative pitchesdealt with a family illnessflew 7hrs in a plane with no power outletslost my notebooks in transitno internet at the hotel for first dayrecovering from a cold

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Creative Methodstools for CONNECTION

Content onContent

Connect theThoughts

Through theLooking Glass

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Personal ChaosPart Three

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Sometimes the loudest chaos is inside your

own head

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Doubt

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what if i’m not any

good?

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You are not a beautiful

and unique snowflake!

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If I had written a boring book, there’d be no criticism. No conversation. Ask

yourself how you can create something that the critics will criticize?

From “Tribes”

-Seth Godin

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Fear

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what if i run out of

ideas?!

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Nothing

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Demons

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Most artists struggle.Some struggle withmore than just art.

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Famous LiteraryDrunks & Addicts from LIFE

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Some artists feed and

strengthen their demons

while other artists try to starve them.

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Distraction

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Title goes heresubtitle goes here

Allmedia is available

to us every-where at all times

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IMstexts

emailsphone calls

status updatesrequeststweetspokes

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MULTITASKINGGetting everything done. Badly.

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Some-times you

need to shut it out and

shut itoff

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Try turning off the

internet for one

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Make yourself a creative space free

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NoiseMaking your own

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25 Songs at a time: Billboard’s Top 25 in 1 MixDJ EarwormThe Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW • Lady Gaga - POKER FACE • Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis - JUST DANCE • The Black Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING • Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY • Flo Rida - RIGHT ROUND • Jason Mraz - I’M YOURS • Beyonce - SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) • Kanye West - HEARTLESS • The All-American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL • Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG WITH ME • T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE • The Fray - YOU FOUND ME • Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY • Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN • Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT • Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO) • T.I. Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE • Soulja Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE • Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN • Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB • Drake - BEST I EVER HAD • Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU • Beyonce - HALO • Katy Perry - HOT N COLD

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Procrastination

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We often get in the way of our own creative pursuits

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Steven Pressfield calls this Resistance

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Creative people will always need

more time

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Give yourself deadlines to put the pressure on

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Touché

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Give yourself a routine to make

creative pursuits a part of your every day

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“C Note”Ben

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Excuses

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The Dog Ate My Creativity

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Never make excuses

I don’t have time

I’m too busyI want it to be perfect first

It’s too late

I’m not ready

I have kids

I don’t make enough money

I don’t have the right equipment

I’m not good enough yet

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Excuses are for people who are not in control of their own destiny

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Excuses are un-reasons

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Quirks

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Stop wondering how other people

see your art

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Start wondering what your art

looks like

and

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Celebrate what makes you different

because that is what makes you

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(Just try not to get sued by George Lucas along the way)

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Deviation

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Personal Chaosdefines & challenges

your unique voice

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Questions I asked myself constantly before presenting:My Own Personal Chaos

Will I finish this on time?Will anyone find this as interesting as I do?

Couldn’t slide x have a better image?Will people notice how badly designed this is?

Is there too much text?Are there too many slides?

Will I sweat too much on stage?Is this even interesting?Is it too short/too long?

Does this even make sense?Will it all come together, or fall apart?

Will the audience laugh?Will the equipment work?

Do I really know what I’m talking about?Will anyone show up without being paid?

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Creative Methodsfor DEVIATION

Misassocia-tionalism

Tangentometry

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Personal Chaos

action

connection

deviation

do

glue

skew

Elements of Creativity

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ConclusionIn

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Chaos can be good for you

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Universal Chaos gives you infinite

potential

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External Chaos gives you some

humanity

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Personal Chaosgives you character

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1. Jump the Gap2. Suffer Gladly

3. Find Your Voice

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The trick is the doing something else.

-Tom Peters

Life is pretty simple:

You do some stuff. Most

fails. Some works.

You do more of what

works. If it works big,

others quickly copy it. Then

you do something else.

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"Milky Way from Apollo Bay" (detail)Flickr photo by ccdoh1

in no rational orderCredits

"Smoking gun" (detail)Flickr photo by daliborlev [too cold to shoot]

Stormtrooper performed by Courtney Cruz photo by Shannon Cottrell

"The Dark Blue Bird" (detail)by Edward Lear (1812-88). Ink &

watercolour, one of six. England, 1880.

"Tyler Durden" (detail)by Mark Brooks

"Can Do" (detail)From “And the Pursuit of Happiness” Opinion series for The New York Times

by Maira Kalman

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"Guernica" (detail)by Pablo Picasso

in no perceivable orderCredits

"Picasso’s Guernica in 3D" (detail)by Lena Gieseke, July 2008

"Dinosaurs" (detail)by Eye4pie, 2009

"United State of Pop 2009" (mp3)DJ Earworm

"Mind the Gap" (detail)flickr photo by Andy Wilkes

"Proto Tools"flickr photo by Usonian

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"The Joy of Tech Feb 11" (detail)by Nitrozac and Snaggy for Geek Culture 2010

in no reproducible orderCredits

"Chaos on black" (detail)flickr photo by daliborlev [too cold to shoot]

"NO CHAOS" (detail)flickr photo by alles-schlumpf

"4 Pretty Ponies of the Apocalypse"t-shirt design by George Lampman

"Times Square Collage" (detail)flickr photo by leonardo.bonanni

"Arcing Event" (detail)flickr photo by St Steve

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"Four Horsemen of Apocalypse" (detail)by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887

in no certain orderCredits

"Uprisings" (detail)by kozyndan, digital, 2003

"The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (detail)Katsushika Hokusai, colour woodcut

c. 1829-32

"iChair + MacinTalk”flickr image by jted (that’s me!)

"book"flickr photo by Eddi 07- Free Stock

"Waxing Gibbous Moon 69 Percent 26Nov2009”flickr photo by mikebaird

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"Nuclear War?! There Goes My Career!"by Mark Vallen

in no semblance of orderCredits

New Unfinished Comedy and TragedyItem#: VX2800-12

"Nuclear War Launcher" (USB Hub)Reg Hardware

Famous Literary Drunks & Addicts (series)LIFE.com

"MC Hawking - QuakeMaster" (mp3)"Big Red Button Grand Chair"by Onur Çobanli, 2009for OMC2 Design Studios

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"Banana Jr. 6000"by Berkeley Breathed for Bloom County

in no possible orderCredits

"shells redux"flickr photo by Darny

"Pencil shavings"flickr photo by quinn.anya

"Super Positions" (detail)flickr photo by Compound Eye - In

Business First Magazine

"START / STOP" (detail)flickr photo by Compound Eye - In

Business First Magazine

"Balancing Act"flickr photo by bitzcelt

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"Time Changes Everything...." (detail)flickr photo by left-hand

in no probable orderCredits

"91 variations on a theme" (detail)flickr photo by kevindooley

"Butterfly Wing"flickr photo by Pikaluk

"alone"flickr photo by zappowbang

"Sunrise"flickr photo by Krug6

"Depressed" (detail)flickr photo by kingfishpies

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"Light drawing during insomnia" (detail)flickr photo by Lucas Janin

in no regrettable order Credits

"Apple II" (detail)flickr photo by wolfgang.wedenig - wuschL

"IMG_0235" (detail)flickr photo by Dakota Blue Harper

"SCRAM button"flickr photo by ukslim

"Baby with the Bathwater"flickr photo by angus mcdiarmid

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Thank-you

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jasontheodor.com

@jted

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