CULTIVATING CREATIVITY “The heart of all new ideas lies in the borrowing, adding combining or modifying of old ones. Do it by accident and people call you lucky. Do it by design and they’ll call you creative.” -Michael LeBouf, in Imagineering

Design and Creativity

How do you work creatively? 1- Receptivity 2- Curiosity 3- Wide Range of interests 4- Attentiveness 5- Connection seeking 6- Conviction 7- Complexity 7 CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Tim Hawkinson, Bird, fingernails

Be open to new ideas and experiences Use your senses! Listen, look, touch, taste, smell! RECEPTIVITY

Research new ideas CURIOSITY

An artist who has who has a background in literature, geology, archery, music, and history can make more connections than a single minded specialist. Josiah McElheny, The End Of Modernity 2004 WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS

Look carefully! Creative people see possibilities others miss. Jennifer Angus, Chiyogami 2004 ATTENTIVENESS

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Seeing the similarity among seemingly disparate parts has often sparked creative breakthrough. Delft ginger jar Wim Delvoye Two Delft Butane Bottles, 1988 CONNECTION SEEKING

Value existing knowledge Consider new possibilities Pursue an independent path CONVICTION

Logic and analysis is needed for the realization of a new idea. COMPLEXITY

Tim Hawkinson, finger trees

Ole Worm, room of curiosities

Vito Acconci, Trademarks

Vito Acconci, City of Words

Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah series

Goal Setting Goal Setting Strategies Characteristics of Good Goals -Challenging but attainable -Compatible -Self Directed -Clearly Defined -Temporary

Time Management Felix Gonzales-Torres, perfect lovers

Time Management Set the Stage

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially

Mike Kelly, A Continuous Screening of Bob Clark's Film "Porky's" (1981), the Soundtrack of which has been Replaced with Morton Subotnik's Electronic Composition "The Wild Bull," and Presented in the Secret Sub-Basement of the Gymnasium Locker Room, 2002 (MP# 02-4)

Mike Kelly, Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 1: Martian School(Work Site), 2002

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially Use Parts to Create the Whole

Tara Donovan, plastic cups

Tara Donovan, Untitled, paper plates

Tara Donovan, Untitled, tooth picks

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially Use Parts to Create the Whole Make the Most of Class Time

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially Use Parts to Create the Whole Make the Most of Class Time Start Early

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially Use Parts to Create the Whole Make the Most of Class Time Start Early When in Doubt Crank it out

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially Use Parts to Create the Whole Make the Most of Class Time Start Early When in Doubt Crank it out Work Together

Assignment #54 Draw the news. Colby Brumit Denver, Colorado Assignment #28 Edit a photo album page. "Braden, age 4, bellyjumping in the living room in Vermont" Alison Wilder Iowa City, Iowa

Time Management Set the Stage Prioritize See the Big Picture Work Sequentially Use Parts to Create the Whole Make the Most of Class Time Start Early When in Doubt Crank it out Work Together Reduce Stress

Ron Mueck