creativity?

Question

What activities do you think improve creativity? And What activities stifle creativity?

Answer 1

Might sound like a dodgy answer but when Im trying to be creative I generally am not! When I'm going about my daily routine, not looking for ideas they all start popping into my head. I dont think you can plan creativity, I think living life feeds it- when you lock yourself in a room trying to be creative it just doesnt happen!

Answer 2

Activities that improve creativity, are things that the artist enjoy and, bring out inspiration, like being in your favourite place, like in the woods, in a mall or museum, you get the picture, surrounding yourself in the story , or idea you want to express in your work. What may stifle creativity is your incapability of being in the moment, do to mental, or physical illness, or a personal or family trauma, but when a negative experience ends, you can pull a great deal of inspiration out of it, to propel your creativity.

Answer 3

Activities where there are no fixed answers improve creativity; depending on whether you thrive under stress or not, stressful situtations inspire some to become creative in order to solve problems.

As for activities that stifle creativity, I tend to think that anything that needs careful attention but repeats is stifliing, as well as activities that focus exclusively on one kind of thinking and discourage others.

Answer 4

improving: thinking of as many solutions as possible to any problem, exclude the most common solution as the one you choose. Don't just choose the opposite, think 63 degrees from everybody else.
do the unexpected, don't listen to your first reaction (when appropriate), read imaginative books, a book a day habit is a good habit. doodle with your eyes closed and then make a finished drawing out of it (it's ok to open your eyes for that)
invent new games, build new games, make hats for your unwearable hat collection or create a wearable art collection (google that to get some inspiration), think up surprises for your friends - try to keep it to nice surprises will make sure they are still your friend tomorrow. think up more exercises for improving creativity

reading operating instructions stifles creativity
thinking up exercises to stifle creativity

Answer 5

Find your muse, what ever. It could be a person, a place, even a thing. Find what ever makes you feel like writing, and always remember it. I love to sit on this paticular couch, at a paticular coffee shop, and then i could always find SOMETHING to write down. Also, it sounds a little strange, but just do it. Just do something, and even if its not the best you will have done it. but make sure that it is done. ANd then usually you'll think of different things to do with it so then you'll improve it. Lastly, study. If you want to make a horror story read horror. If you want a romantic comedy, watch them, if you want to paint learn about artists, copy their work (on all those feilds) and then change, until you feel comfortable to be original.
good luck!
-JF

Answer 6

Read "a whack on the side of the head" by Roger Von Oech and do the exercises.

You will become a creative genius.

Answer 7

Improve: Free reign

Stiflers: Limits

Answer 8

listen to your heart,that is the home of creativity.be yourself,it makes you unique.To destroy your creativity,try getting everything into your head!