CREATIVITY, inspiration, innovation, and Where Ideas Come From Part 2

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to write my part 2 in this series. I’ve been writing drill (believe or not), spending time with family, and traveling so my available time has been very small.

I’d like to take just a moment to follow-up my last post with some resources to use when thinking about creativity.

Books: While you can do a search on Amazon or another site and find many books to choose from that deal with the subject of creativity, here are 2 books I personally have read. Neither are what I would classify as easy reads (Flow especially). I would recommend “Creativity” as a place to start just because it spends time identifying what it looks like through interviews and personal stories. Flow is more about how one may prepare a state of mind in order to engage their own creativity.

Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention: Csikszentmihalyi

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience: CSikszentmihalyi

Video:

John Cleese (from Monty Python) on Creativity:

There are several Ted Talks on YouTube that deal with creativity. What I love about Ted Talks is they are all short enough that one can sit and watch one without feeling guilty about the time. I sometimes will start my day by watching a Ted Talk about a particular subject while eating my breakfast.

Overall, I find the subject of creativity to be fascinating and believe that creativity takes courage.

If you have other resources you would like to share, please type those right into the comments section.—DB