3 ISSUE № 1 SEPT 2016
are you a creative person ?
We all have the capacity to be highly creative people . The problem is that our formal education did little to foster this natural potential . We are filled with facts and figures and are expected to memorize them . Seldom are we challenged to invent , imagine , create , compose and modify . It ’ s almost like the system is adverse to thinking independently . Our mind can be likened to a warehouse full of inventory all stacked and sorted in neat rows and isles . Useful yes , but picture it . Do you sense the rigidity of it ? Does it feel fluid and flexible ? Perhaps an example will serve to illustrate the beauty of a flexible and creative mind . Once as a child I was amongst a group of adults who had trapped an unusual insect in a narrow necked glass bottle . They now wished to set it free but the little fellow would not exit the bottle despite all the prodding , shaking and inverting that took place . Several of the adults were smokers and so I suggested that a little smoke be exhaled into the bottle . Almost straight away the creature crawled out of the bottle of its own accord . Problem solved ! The open mind of a child tends to approach life from a “ what if ” point of view . Our minds are not yet hardened into fixed ways of thinking . The creative mind is willing and practiced at exploring alternative methods and solutions . When we stop at the first solution we come across , we limit our options and are restricted to one approach . Often a more efficient , simpler or cost effective solution is just a little further down the road or off to one side . It just takes a little effort . Can creativity be learnt ? Most certainly it can . The Creative Thinking Workshop is all about learning techniques that empower you to solve virtually any problem or challenge in your personal and work life . Our arsenal of powerful creative thinking techniques have radically improved and enhanced the life of our graduates , in many tangible ways . It is a gift that continues to serve us our whole lives through and is of immeasurable worth . This becomes evident as you learn to migrate from a brain drizzler to a mighty brain stormer . Fertile fields await ! For information on Creative Thinking Workshops contact 485-4473 . ( Gerard Gittens )