2006-08-19 21:50:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
expose yourself to a variety of stimuli....read a LOT -as many different genres as you can...listen to music....again, as many different types....go to the Art museum,,,,try sculpting/painting something yourself....
Go to church -if that is a meaningful experience for you....but not during a service...when you can be [nearly] alone with your thoughts
Read manuals on home repairs...or on electrical wiring or on plumbing....just to have some purely "mechanical" insights
In short,,,you have to broaden your awareness of "reality" before you can jump into a creative mind set....the more references that you can draw upon...the better....
Allow yourself to not just think "out side the box" but with NO box at all...don't stifle yourself...when you have an inspiration,,,go with the flow...it may not lead you to where you thought you were going ....but the journey IS the inspiration
Some claim that drugs can shorten the way....I have not found this to be true for me....this is a personal choice...
2006-08-19 22:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people do a lot of drugs to tap into their "creative" enegry.
Or, you can go the old fashioned route, and just try. If you want to be a writer, sit and write. If you want to be a musician, play. I think in reality people probably have limits on their creativy, but a person can never find them unless they start doing it.
2006-08-20 04:56:40 · answer #2 · answered by d h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
creativity can a born-talent. Even the creative writers will not be able to explain this properly, or even if somebody explains abt it, nothing can be inferred correctly.It is always compared with day-dreaming. Read 'Creativity and day-dreamers' by Sigmund Freud. U will know lot abt this.
2006-08-20 06:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by Guddy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainly by learning to think about everything in an off-the-wall way. Just ask yourself sometime, for example, what IS a tree really for? Who actually put it there? Could it be an alien life form sent to spy on the human race? Just let wild thoughts race through your brain, and you will be surprised.
2006-08-20 04:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by In Honor of Moja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. You either are a creative person or you are not. You cannot "get" creativity. It's with you or it isn't.
2006-08-20 04:57:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Struggle. Need to be creative when you don't have much to work with.
2006-08-20 04:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
observing around you. the most creative and innovative ideas come from the life around you.
2006-08-20 08:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by space 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
necessity is the fada o creativity
2006-08-20 05:09:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is boredom. no, really...you get idle and have no idea what to do with yourself so you think..and then make what comes to mind...
i myself am a poet and all my good ones came to me when i was bored as hell- in history class for example:)
2006-08-20 04:59:27 · answer #9 · answered by gigi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thinking a lot, more lonely times, reading , anti-thinking,(revelutionary thinking) i.e. against all fixed ideas.
2006-08-20 04:55:31 · answer #10 · answered by dflp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋