-Matt
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Some Photography Too...
These are a few photos I took with my Long-Time exposure set to 4 seconds. I caught a few bolts of lightning, and a bunch of really crazy shots. Hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed taking them.
-Matt
-Matt
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Loss For Creativity
Lately I've been at a loss for creativity. I tried to think about why and what influences our creative minds, stimulating our brain which paints this wonderful vision of colors. I've found some vital points that may be the key to creativity.
The first thing that I've found is that silence is nirvana when dealing with a stew of ideas. I need near complete silence to even think clearly with all the hustle and banging going on in reality. When in silence, I tend to think a lot more, sparking ideas that could never be in noisy situations. I tend to find silence from around 2am through 5am.
Silence may be the key, but the second factor is being alone, not completely, but I'll explain. If you're sitting in the park on a bench, with people around you doing their business, that's fine. You're less-likely to focus on their conversations or anything they're doing specifically. My porch is usually my best alone place, granted I usually don't go anywhere alone in the car, so it works.
A stress-free day can be really thought provoking. If you have a lot of stressful things on your mind, it can be really hindering to your process of thinking. This goes hand in hand with silence, time alone. A creative mind is gold and without one, many things are difficult to accomplish.
Try to think up an ad-campaign or a witty commercial without creativity. If you plan on writing a book (unless it's a bio or instruction manual), you will need some creative thinking processes going on. Even something like being "romantic" to a woman, is merely being creative. Often being romantic is never thought of as just "being creative", you always hear about the crazy things people do when they propose marriage.
Creativity is something that cannot be taught, and is one of the most profitable talents someone can have. Comedians write jokes and make money, marketers and marketing are very high-end jobs. Coaches for sports teams have to use creativity along-side strategy for the winning plays. Authors, inventors, and architects; all creative people, without creativity, might have really dull jobs such as answering the phone or doing inventory at a warehouse. Does creativity really seperate people?
I think it does.....
The first thing that I've found is that silence is nirvana when dealing with a stew of ideas. I need near complete silence to even think clearly with all the hustle and banging going on in reality. When in silence, I tend to think a lot more, sparking ideas that could never be in noisy situations. I tend to find silence from around 2am through 5am.
Silence may be the key, but the second factor is being alone, not completely, but I'll explain. If you're sitting in the park on a bench, with people around you doing their business, that's fine. You're less-likely to focus on their conversations or anything they're doing specifically. My porch is usually my best alone place, granted I usually don't go anywhere alone in the car, so it works.
A stress-free day can be really thought provoking. If you have a lot of stressful things on your mind, it can be really hindering to your process of thinking. This goes hand in hand with silence, time alone. A creative mind is gold and without one, many things are difficult to accomplish.
Try to think up an ad-campaign or a witty commercial without creativity. If you plan on writing a book (unless it's a bio or instruction manual), you will need some creative thinking processes going on. Even something like being "romantic" to a woman, is merely being creative. Often being romantic is never thought of as just "being creative", you always hear about the crazy things people do when they propose marriage.
Creativity is something that cannot be taught, and is one of the most profitable talents someone can have. Comedians write jokes and make money, marketers and marketing are very high-end jobs. Coaches for sports teams have to use creativity along-side strategy for the winning plays. Authors, inventors, and architects; all creative people, without creativity, might have really dull jobs such as answering the phone or doing inventory at a warehouse. Does creativity really seperate people?
I think it does.....
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