Last Friday I presented a session to two of our local music teachers associations. It was titled “Creativity on the Cutting Edge” and dealt with the philosophy and use of mobile technology in the studio. I had a lot of fun putting ideas together for the presentation, and gleaned a lot of inspiration from a book I’ve been reading: Color Outside the Lines by Howard Hendricks.
I’m hoping to share more in detail about the content of the sessions, but I thought I would post some of my favorite quotes from the book thus far…
“Creative behavior begins in the brain of a thinking individual with a desire to cause constructive change.”
“The ability to discover alternatives to a given idea is another capability of the right side of our creative brains.” [Howard Hendricks refers to this as divergent thinking – a fascinating concept!]
“Most people want a guarantee of success. But truly creative individuals will tolerate temporary disorder for the eventual satisfaction of an uncommon result. So be willing to risk and make mistakes. Start on a journey without any control or knowledge of the possible outcome.”
“Never did [Jesus] approach any two evangelistic or educational situations in quite the same way. Creativity was His hallmark.”
Howard Hendricks references Silvano Arieti’s book, The Magic Synthesis, in which he identifies nine socio-cultural ingredients in the “creativogenic” society. One of these is described as “Stress on becoming, not just on being.”
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