Creativity Muscle Workouts: Observation
Jul 09, 2022
Brainstorming through OBSERVATION....
Many people "brainstorm" as if the only ideas they can put on their brainstorming resource are those they already have experienced or know. And to some extent this is true...
But believing "I can only gather ideas already in my brain," limits the creativity (and my extension resource) of brainstorming.
Therefore, it's important we consider ideas NOT ALREADY in our brains. How do we do that...
One way is OBSERVATION.
Here is one exercise.... take a little time to just observe somewhere.
- A garden
- A forest
- A splashpad full of children on a July afternoon
- A Costco
- A park
- A County Fair
- A busy restaurant kitchen
The list could go on... but you get my drift.
Then set your OBSERVING to a purpose...
- ACTIONS: What are people doing?
- SOUNDS: What are the sounds of this place?
- KINDNESS: What does that look like here?
- FREEDOM:...