Friday, March 14, 2008

Flowing into Creativity




"Humor and creativity are kissing cousins. If you want to develop your sense of humor, invite more creativity into your life -- and vice versa. In the presence of humor, new creative perspectives naturally occur. You can't stop them."
~ Joel Goodman, founder and director of The Humor Project

In 15 min, we were instructed to construct from a pile of lego bricks a handphone holder. From the bustle of excitement and anxiety, the room silenced almost instanteously as we focussed on our individual masterpiece- a creation by touching and experimenting, systematic thinking and rich imagination. What came forth were all beautiful Lego inspired work of colours, individuality and practicality. Hong Meng even thought of creating a hand scuplture holding onto a phone- in all sense of the word- handphone.

Learn more about Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's concept of Flow:
http://complexworld.pbwiki.com/Flow
http://www.goodlifecoaching.com/CreativeLife34.html

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