How’s your creative thinking? I have to confess that I often forget to do this myself but whenever I do it always gives me a new perspective, and it’s fun. Lots of us are working from home for large parts of the week which means no colleagues to bounce ideas around with. I can’t magic up some colleagues for you (anyone got imaginary friends at work?), but I can help you try things a bit differently. Here’s some creativity tips for you.
Creativity Tips Number 1 – Coloured Crayons
Here’s my first creative tip, a simple easier way to get some creative thinking going. It’s so easy, just try using some coloured crayons to write with instead of your usual pen or keyboard. This simple switch can help to stimulate the creative part of your brain. Have a jug of coloured pencils in your workspace and use them from time to time. You could go mad and get scented ones, glittery ones, all sorts!
Creativity Tips Number 2 – Sing
Very roughly speaking, (very roughly), the right hand side of your brain processes, or ‘sees’, curves, colour, creativity, appreciates poetry and music etc. The left hand side is concerned with numbers, straight lines, black and white and so on. The right hand side will remember a tune, the left the words. So creativity tip number two is sing when you feel a bit stuck (assuming that you’re not in a busy office. That might raise an eyebrow or two…).
Creativity Tips Number 3 – Working Out a Problem
Try this if you’re stuck working out a problem. Take a few moments to identify what the issue is. Now, grab a blank sheet of paper. For this exercise you have to let go of any old ideas about your skills at art. What you produce is not the point; it’s the act of doing it that is going to help. You do not have to be ‘good’ at drawing, although I bet you are much better than you think you are.
Using as much colour as possible get your issue/problem/question down on the page without using any words. It will difficult at first but persevere. Only you need see this. Now walk away, or pop it in a drawer, and return to it after an hour or so. Take a long look at your creation. Now, with another blank sheet, ‘draw’ out a response to yourself; again, no words. At the end of the day, look at them both and see what comes to you.
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Posted on May 9th, 2022 by Jane
