living_as_a_creative – Page 66 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Define yourself

2010-09-25

Three brilliant xkcd's about defining oneself -- which you can do, especially as an adult. Yeah!
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3 Copies Sold!

2010-09-24

I sold three copies of "Organizing Creativity"!!! Yeah!!!!!! People were willing to pay for what I have to say. :-)
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A place for everything and everything in its place.

2010-09-23

There is actually much to be said for this very "conservative" saying -- it can really give your creativity a boost, and allow you to realize creative projects you could not realize otherwise.
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Wanting to do what others also want you to do

2010-09-22

Support is not always beneficial, resistance is not always detrimental. It depends on the people you interact with -- but there are things you can do to do what you want to do, independent of what others want you to do.
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Symbols

2010-09-21

Some objects are associated with a lot of ... uh, aura. They are symbols. But you cannot just adopt a symbol. At least, not if you want to go beyond it.
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Tea Time

2010-09-20

A suggestion for having a tea time at work -- and a beautiful quote to go by.
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Creativity and Lazyness

2010-09-18

One of the best examples how so-called "laziness" can lead to creative solutions.
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I am taking a hiatus for some time …

2010-07-16

Burned out for the moment, but here's something to read.
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Conventional Creativity

2010-07-10

How the usual symbol for creativity is just so ... misleading.
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The Replacement Infrastructure

2010-07-06

Plan for disaster while you still have the infrastructure to plan for disaster.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.