CREATIVITY

CREATIVE PRACTICE

MORNING JOURNALS

NOTE: I was visiting family when this video was made.

FAMOUS ARTISTS

REFERENCE: JERRY SEINFELD

Here's a great interview with Jerry Seinfeld about his creative process by the New York Times. Note that sometimes he works on an idea (story) for YEARS. And he always writes on yellow legal pads with a pen. I have found this to be true as well. Stick to pens and paper in the beginning to explore your ideas. I intentionally stay off of the computer in the early part of the creative process. With pen and paper, you are the most free to explore ideas. Take a moment to check out the great video in the article.

CREATIVE WALKS

Here's proof that exercise is good for your brain. The NY Times says so, and that's good enough for me!

DIGITAL TOOLS

LINKS TO THE TOOLS MENTIONED:

NOTE TOOLS:
EVERNOTE
APPLE NOTES

IMAGE CAPTURE TOOLS: (Handy for making dummies)
If you don't know how to use Genius Scan, don't worry! Here's a tutorial from YouTube that covers the basics.

I also have a video that shows how to use it for dummies. You don't need to worry about it now as we're not at the dummy making stage yet.

Here are some other image capture tools that others use. You'll just want to find the one that works for you. If you don't have a smart phone, I highly recommend getting one. It will be handy for this course and will help you be more productive.

GENIUS SCAN MAC
GENIUS SCAN PC

CAMSCANNER:

GOOGLE DRIVE APP (Others have taken photos and saved directly. I have not tried this.)

CLOUD STORAGE:
DROPBOX: *Highly recommend saving everything to the cloud, especially if your laptop is stolen out of your hands! (Yes, this happened to me.)

GOOGLE DRIVE or other cloud services are fine as well. My preference is to use Dropbox.

SOME NOTES:

- I create a folder title "ideas" and save notes with butterfly ideas that I've captured onto paper.
- I create folders and title them project names.
- A little organizing upfront can save you a ton of time in the future.

CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

YOUR CREATIVE ROUTINE

1. Think about a creative routine you can start practicing.

2. Start small. It's okay to just start with morning journaling for instance. Make it a daily habit.

3. Notice the time of day you have the most energy and the most ideas.

4. Try going to a creative walk. Talk words out loud to hear how they sound. See if they stick in your mind by the time you finish your walk and then write them down!

ASSIGNMENT:

Do morning journals everyday this week. This doesn't have to be hard. Try to capture some ideas down that you had while you were just waking up. Don't try too hard. Just write down whatever comes to your mind. Try to get into the flow of things. I usually do three pages of morning journaling but you can do whatever feels good. Remember consistency is key!

Here's an article on morning journaling that may be helpful.