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Creativity sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Creativity.

One-Buttock Playing: Benjamin Zander's term for how the music moves usOne-buttock playingBrenda Ueland quote: What is the purpose of existence but to discover truth and beauty and share it with others? showing a person finding a flower, painting it, and then enjoying seeing others experience the same emotions they didDiscovering Truth and Beauty and Sharing it with othersEponym examples, explanation and etymology explained in a sketch with Erno Rubik of the Rubik's Cube, the Jacuzzi brothers, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, Lázló Biró, Etienne de Silhouette and Rudolf Diesel and his diesel engineEponymThe writer's in the writing, the artist's in the art visual showing a red writer writing red words in a book, and a blue painter painting a canvas of The Wave in blueThe Writer's in the Writing. The Artist's in the Art.What is Groupthink: People acquiescing to the manager's and what they see as others' views during a meetingGroupthinkThe first draft is always perfect: A person creating multiple drafts of a sketch before reaching the one that hangs on the wallThe first draft is always perfectKitty Hawk Moment illustration: The Wright brother's first successful bi-plane, The Wright Flyer is shown taking flight; shifting the concept of human flight from the impossible to the possible. Kitty Hawk momentReplicate, then Innovate illustration: inspired by seeing a peer present their decorative star, a young creative sets to; making lots of stars in different styles and sizes, seemingly without any plan in mind. Some are hung up on the wall, some coloured in, some combined with other shapes, until a large, multi-coloured, multi-layered star decoration comes together and hangs majestically from 2 hooks. The young creative seems pleased with themself. Replicate then innovate2 people interpreting an idea of using bubbles, one in black and white only seeing the bad, and one seeing the spectrum including the good in the ideaThe spectrum policySolvitur Ambulando illustration: this phrase from Greek philosopher Diogenes, is represented by an individual walking a winding route around a large open space in nature. When they set out, the thick, dark scribble above them represents a jumbled mind of thoughts. In the distance, about half-way around the scribble is fading. And as they reach the end of their walk the shining lightbulb above them signifies clarity of thought. Translated from Greek, Solvitur ambulando means: "It is solved by walking".Solvitur ambulandoEdward De Bono's Six thinking hats framework with the 6 thinking hats: White, Red, Black, Yellow, Green and BlueSix thinking hatsLateral thinking changes perspective just to be provocativeLateral thinking: 4. Lateral thinking changes perspective just to be provocativeLateral thinking: You don't have to be right at every stepLateral thinking: 3. You don’t have to be right at every stepLateral thinking: 2. Labels are not collectors but signposts. They are not fixedLateral thinking: 1. Lateral thinking is about increasing the breadth of optionsLessons from LewisSitting at the piano without any music is a great way to get started composingWant to compose? Just sit down without any musicA flat surface has unused potentialDon’t let your thinking be limited by your toolsSolve the 9-dot problemThe best writing is re-writing
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