{"id":379,"date":"2007-02-08T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrietteweber.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2021-01-13T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T11:42:25","slug":"an-undefined-creativity-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrietteweber.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/08\/an-undefined-creativity-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"An undefined creativity manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a manifesto I did the morning after the creativity workshop at Lift07 &#8211; warning, I was in flow when I did it&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>you cannot define the &#8220;spark of creativity&#8221; &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s there sometimes it&#8217;s not &#8211; live with it<\/li><li>creativity changes on basis of what culture you&#8217;re exposed to (and coming from)<\/li><li>your creativity would be different if you have been impacted by other people than the ones you have been impacted by, in the past.<\/li><li>if you start doing something different, your learning process will change accordingly<\/li><li>creativity is the constant interaction between<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the culture,<\/li><li>the field of people<\/li><li>the domains you roam<\/li><li>your sweet little personal self &#8211; if you change any of these factors, the other factors will change as well<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>there&#8217;s a difference between igniting the idea, and taking the project from A-Z<\/li><li>actions speaks louder than words &#8211; be the first to have an idea and follow it through. Actually being the first is a kick! &#8211; and giving in so many ways<\/li><li>look at your processes and structure &#8211; make &#8220;having fun&#8221; your new approach to everything, if you&#8217;re not having fun and if you&#8217;re not being inspired, get out of there!<\/li><li>get out the old and make room for the new &#8211; it will come\u2026<\/li><li>focus on &#8220;Now&#8221; !. Feel yourself. Be grounded.<\/li><li>be passive\u2026take a shower, drive your car\u2026 feel.. listen\u2026<\/li><li>Ask all the questions in the world, to everybody.. Comment on everything you want to, to get your own thoughts going<\/li><li>look at all your problems as a question. instead of saying &#8221; that lady is bugging me&#8221; &#8211; turn it into &#8220;why is that lady bugging me ?&#8221;<\/li><li>wear different clothes.. new colors &#8211; screw fashion and the designocracy\u2026 feel comfortable.. inspire others\u2026<\/li><li>get rid of stupid\u2026 stupid friends, habits, furniture, clothes\u2026 everything that is draining your life energy\u2026<\/li><li>write down everything especially first observations.<\/li><li>be happy, open, and willing to change \u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a manifesto I did the morning after the creativity workshop at Lift07 &#8211; warning, I was in flow when I did it&#8230; you cannot define the &#8220;spark of creativity&#8221; &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s there sometimes it&#8217;s not &#8211; live with it creativity changes on basis of what culture you&#8217;re exposed to (and coming from) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":277,"url":"https:\/\/henrietteweber.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/07\/how-to-harm-your-creativity\/","url_meta":{"origin":379,"position":0},"title":"How To Harm Your Creativity","author":"Henriette Weber","date":"August 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you sometimes feel a struggle inside when you're working, not being able to bust free? 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