Monday, November 2, 2015

Paradoxes of Creativity

I like this list of eight paradoxes of creativity from creativity thinker Michael Michalko (author of Thinkertoys, among other works):
To create, a person must
• Have knowledge but forget the knowledge;
• See unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder;
Work hard but spend time doing nothing;
• Create many ideas yet most of them are useless;
• Look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different;
• Desire success but learn how to fail;
• Be persistent but not stubborn; and,
• Listen to experts but know how to disregard them.
These remind me a lot of the insights of the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

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