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Why You Need to be Organised to be Creative
businessofdesignonline.com — Organization, structure, discipline and habit – these often seen as threats to creativity. Not to mention corporate-sounding phrases such as ‘time management’ or ‘workflow’. But examine the life of any great artist and you will find evidence of hard work, discipline and a hard-won knowledge of the rules and conventions of their medium.
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- bigthree, on 12/03/2007, -1/+4excellent start to your series...i am horrible when it comes to organization. Maybe this series will really benefit me.
Thanks - PiticStyle, on 11/10/2007, -3/+2great post!
- Roomas, on 11/10/2007, -3/+1Nice ! now i got some lead to follow :)
- konerus, on 11/10/2007, -4/+1very interesting article :)
- lijulijuliju, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2google is disorganised but very creative...
- CanceledCzech, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1I think you miss the point (I probably do to, having not read the actual article,) but I think what they mean mostly is staying on top of your ***** and being disciplined. I'd be surprised if Google employees didn't have either of those qualities.
- hiPpymIck, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1emergence
- sofunny, on 11/10/2007, -6/+2good
- elgos, on 11/10/2007, -6/+1Nice to read your post
- revealers, on 11/10/2007, -6/+1organization is everything
- flipmeat, on 11/12/2007, -0/+16At 1:00 PM I shall stare at a blank document window, and at 1:07 become massively inspired. I shall create a Photoshop document greater than the life output of DaVinci between 1:08 and 2:30, at which point I will refold my socks and step out for a nourishing pizza.
- Bawlin, on 11/10/2007, -6/+1very interesting
- infinityanant, on 11/10/2007, -1/+2well i might differ at places, but overall a nice read.
- royall64, on 11/10/2007, -2/+9http://digg.com/users/sofunny
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I smell something.- jthomp3120, on 11/10/2007, -1/+3***** spaming is what it is
- CanceledCzech, on 11/10/2007, -2/+1Whoever is behind that doesn't strike me as overly intelligent, but at least they brought this article to our attention.
- dovin, on 11/10/2007, -2/+0Good advices!
- hiPpymIck, on 11/10/2007, -0/+5i agree that to achieve anything.. you have to have your ***** together
- ohhoe, on 11/11/2007, -0/+6I disagree. Whatever settings you're most comfortable in are the best for creating planned out ideas... but actual creativity happens anywhere at any time.
- DutchGuilder, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2"Disciplined at the core, creative at the edges". Otherwise you creatively spend a lot of time re-inventing the wheel.
- falloutsyndrome, on 11/10/2007, -7/+2ORGANIZED ORGANIZED ORGANIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZED
Why are people so affraid to use the godamn Z?????
or·gan·ize /ˈɔrgəˌnaɪz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[awr-guh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -ized, -iz·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, esp. for united action: to organize a committee.- Flamekebab, on 11/10/2007, -2/+2In en_gb we spell it "organise".
- KSUdesigner, on 11/10/2007, -1/+3It can be spelled either way *****.
- rambutgondrong, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1nice tips
- jvworldwide, on 11/10/2007, -1/+4Articles like this make me sick. It's propaganda put out by the conformity factory. You want to be creative...then just do..and do it YOUR WAY. creating = creativity. simple as that.
now excuse me... I need to get back to scheduling in my blackberry when I'll be creative next. :| - Bodhinature, on 11/10/2007, -0/+4Some of my most successful and creative artist friends I know are also the most disciplined people I know, even if they don't always get the dishes done. They are disciplined in their chosen endeavors.
- BESToftheNEXT, on 11/10/2007, -0/+0haha this is very true. I think to be successful in a creative field these days, absolute discipline is required to get the work done by weeding through the mundane everyday time-eaters. This definitely includes dishes, taking out the trash, etc. Great article though! Never heard of these "digital stress" seminars...that's getting intense.
- ZenMojo, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3Buried for "rules of their medium." Tell that ***** to Pollack. I wonder how many creative people actually post blogs about how to be creative? How many of the world's greatest novelists were literary critics? Any man who tells me how to dissect the soul leads me to question if he is in touch with his own.
- crackbabeh, on 11/10/2007, -0/+0sexy site, thanks
- Corvidae, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Thomas Edison pretty much blows this theory out of the water. Along with half the creative geniuses of history.
Organization definitely helped many of the great artists and inventors, but it's not a requirement. The main requirements are talent and intelligence. You're either born with talent or you're not, intelligence you can train to a degree, but the genetic lottery plays a big role too. - digghasnoethics, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2The article seems to confuse 'focused' with 'organised'. The only requirement for creativity is the ability to focus on chasing down the creative idea when it strikes. It matters not if you have structure, discipline, habit - those are only the means to an end for some people. What matters is you can 'feel' a creative idea forming and can chase it down.
For me the disorganisation, the ability to juxtapose wildly different and disconnected concepts is key to creativity. Structure that away and the creativity diminishes.
If you want a real suggestion as to how to be more creative:
1) immerse yourself in the needs, the concepts, the constraints and the data of the domain you are trying to innovate.
2) take some alcohol, not too potent, beer say, and drink slowly.
3) aim to keep yourself at the stage where your inhibitions are lowered but your mental faculties are sharp
4) let the creativity flow, a whiteboard is best to note and draw
5) work over what appears once you're sober.
Works better than organisation - dannydowney, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1I have to be organized or I can not be productive or do what I have to do.
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