Expose yourself to a diversity of people and perspectives Become a diverse individual with diverse interests Step out of the stream of your dominant habits, ideas, and perceptions. Learn to love being wrong and imperfect. Make space for — and listen to — your unconscious; daydream, free associate… Be prepared for creative insight through mindfulness […]
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Cultivating Creative Thinking
Excerpt from The Science of Lateral Thinking, a research paper by Javy W. Galindo From section entitled “How The Brain Generates Novel Firing Patterns” — In order to cultivate our creative processes we must provide ourselves with the time and mental space for a line of thinking that is indefinite. In contrast to the quick […]
Exercising Our Creative Muscles
Excerpt from The Science of Lateral Thinking, a research paper by Javy W. Galindo From section entitled “How The Brain Generates Novel Firing Patterns” — Exercising our creative faculties: stories, silence, and Janusian thinking. Although the human brain possesses the mechanism for lateral thinking and creative insight, there are inherent difficulties in cultivating this skill. […]
Not Just From Pickles and Doughnuts
Chapter 1 excerpt from The Power of Thinking Differently by Javy W. Galindo From section entitled “Not Just From Pickles and Doughnuts” (updated 1/18/09 from draft IIII) — (Please first read Saved Through Stories: The Island of Pickles and Doughnuts) One spring day, after the winds had died down, after cloudy night skies finally […]
Creative Guidance
Chapter 1 excerpt from The Power of Thinking Differently by Javy W. Galindo From section entitled “Creative Guidance” (updated 1/18/09 from draft IIII) — Once you possess this, once you have enough motivation and willingness to think differently, what would be helpful is some guidance; some way to get a glimpse of the creative process […]
Saved Through Stories
Chapter 1 excerpt from The Power of Thinking Differently by Javy W. Galindo From section entitled “Saved Through Stories” (updated 1/18/09 from draft IIII) — Although we can be limited by the stories we habitually tell ourselves, we can also be changed by finding new ones as they open up our view of the field […]
