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The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » The May 2004 entrée: Dan Harlan » » Creativity in 9 Easy Steps » » TOPIC IS LOCKED DanHarlan V.I.P. Ohio 543 Posts Posted: May 5, 2004 1:05am       It's certainly not the only way, but this basic outline of the process may be helpful: 1. Knowledge -- Study, read, learn, ask questions, try to know as much as possible. 2. Preparation -- Decide on a small area or problem, focus, gather all the physical elements you may need. 3. Relaxation -- Give yourself space, set aside time, clear your mind of other concerns, eliminate distractions. 4. Play -- Be silly, stupid, have fun, approach the problem in every way you can think of, even the dumb ones, especially the dumb ones, just let your mind wander, act like a child, no one is watching. 5. Awareness -- Pay attention to your inner dialogue, ask yourself why you keep going about things the same way, force yourself to break the rules. 6. Acceptance -- Embrace the stupid, weird, ugly, nonsense, pointless, just let it happen without feeling that anything is wrong. 7. Record -- Write or draw or video everything, doodle, jot, make notebooks, carry a pad or recorder with you. 8. Judge -- After you have all the ideas generated then you can begin to edit to try to make sense of your foolishness, analyze, test. 9. Apply -- If something works even a little bit see if you can develop it further, put the workable ideas in and play some more. Repeat as necessary. You don't have to do these things in order. Don't expect to have great results right away. It takes a little time to break your mind free from the structure imposed by the outside world. --Dan Harlan daffydoug Inner circle Daff could give a rats butt that he has 9006 Posts Posted: May 5, 2004 1:12am       It should WORK!! Word of the day- abligurition: extravagance in cooking or serving ambisinister: clumsy with both hands Please visit Daff's word blog at http://gerch.blogspot.com/ CoolMAgic4U Loyal user New York 205 Posts Posted: May 5, 2004 1:28am       Sounds like a MASTER PLAN for EVERYTHING! CoolMagic4U---aka---Ed owen.daniel Special user England 886 Posts Posted: May 5, 2004 8:49am       This is great advice Dan, and I will certainly take note of these, and when trying to create something, I am sure I will find help by refering to these...and of course Dariel Fitzkee's "The Trick Brain" owen I find critics on the whole a pretty unneccessary bunch of people. We don't need critics to tell the audiences what to think. Harold Pinter Masimax Regular user Italy 104 Posts Posted: May 6, 2004 2:33am       Thank You It's a very useful suggestion. Massimo Pulidori DanHarlan V.I.P. Ohio 543 Posts Posted: May 8, 2004 12:36am       I do hope that these steps help you to release your own creative spirit. Performing something you created can be very rewarding. --Dan Harlan The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » The May 2004 entrée: Dan Harlan » » Creativity in 9 Easy Steps » » TOPIC IS LOCKED <<< Previous Topic   Next Topic >>>

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