Something creative...

What do you do when you're told to do something creative, and the instructions are left at that! What if the only space you have to show your creativity is half a sheet of paper?

What would you do?

I had that assignment a week or so ago, and found myself totally stuck.  "Do something creative?" I thought.  "Sure, I can do that. I'm great at being creative... but what do you want me to be creative about?"

It's not so easy to think of something brilliant when there are no parameters!

Eventually I just decided to write about feeling stuck! 

Enjoy my "Something Creative":

It's the middle of the night and I'm totally stuck This space is still blank and my mind's all a-muck! I could draw or sketch or doodle or paint But good at those things, well... I simply ain't. I'm quick with my mind and great up on stage but that's not so easy to show on a page. I'd sing you a song full of laughs and cheer but after hearing me sing you wouldn't want me (I fear!) I could make a treasure from somebody's trash a disco ball from CDs tons of flash, not much cash. I could list my ideas all the things that I think 'till I'm blue in the face, or I run out of ink. So many ways I could go so many things I could do... that my mind's totally frozen! stuck! it hasn't a clue! The hour grows late my mind past its prime and with no ideas coming I decided... to rhyme.

Thoughts?  Want to see more rhymes?  I've got plenty more where those came from!  You should have seen the four page final exam I wrote in rhyme about the communications dynamics of a small group!  ;-)

Comments

[Aloula]

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Ummmm..

So nice :)

in fact I agree with u that asking for a creative thing without giving any parameter is a kind of challenging that puts one of us on (Stuck) mode..!

the bad thing about this is that other people would take a bad impression about u

they simply say: he alwaya claim that he is creative, while he is stuck with a piece of paper..!

great blog :)

[John]

I've made up a simple system for when I'm at the "blank page" stage and can be creative about anything and need a kick-start:

I think of two random letters and construct two two-syllable words that start with those letters.

So, C & P could give: colour party.

Then I formulate questions - basically let my imgination run riot, with questions such as: how would you 'add colour' to a party to make sure it's a great party? What makes a great party? Is there a formula for a great party? What's the best way to make people mix? Etc.

Or I could take a different tangent: why are certain colours associated with political parties? Can these colours influence a person's allegiance? In what ways can colours influence the way people think and feel? Etc.

[Rachael]

Now that is a paper I would like to see....all in rhyme. It's brilliant really.

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[Paul Sloane]

It is easier to be creative when we have some constraints than when we have none. A rhyming poem helps creativity because of the disciplines of metre and rhyme. A brainstorm that uses random stimuli that have to relate to a solution is more productive than a completely freeform brainstorm. It is paradoxical - we are more creative within boundaries - yet creativity is often about breaking down boundaries.