Harness Your Creative Power
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The document summarizes Denise R. Jacobs' presentation at the Frontend CH Conference in Zurich, Switzerland on creative flow and how to maximize creativity. The presentation discusses how creativity occurs in the brain during alpha waves, and strategies like daydreaming, playing, and mindfulness can help access this state. It also suggests tapping into imagination and one's subconscious for new ideas, and trusting the creative process by listening to ideas and letting them take form. The overall message is that creativity is a skill that can be developed by understanding how the brain works creatively and leveraging techniques to stay in a state of flow.
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- 1. White Space Frontend CH Conference∙ Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2014 Denise R. Jacobs
- 3. Wait…what?! Photo: Denise Jacobs Photo: Derek Kearney
- 4. THE CANVAS The State of the Create
- 5. How do you feel in the creative flow? http://www.flickr.com/photos/myfear/289257055/
- 8. Creativity is magical, but it is not magic.” - Dr. Charles Limb, Your Brain on Improvisation TED talk
- 10. We have this amazing tool http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APSM_V14_D495_Side_view_of_the_brain_and_spinal_cord.jpg
- 14. You run into road blocks http://www.flickr.com/photos/99301367@N00/8497106802/
- 15. Can’t access all of your great ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8156999698/
- 16. GIVE & TAKECreativity and Power
- 17. We’re powerful
- 18. Instead of using it fully http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/3310336516/
- 19. Try to contain it http://www.flickr.com/photos/gc_photography/4662878037/
- 20. Or give it away https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6D-O5ECr5EUow5jrck2A2A
- 22. GIVE & TAKEDistracting Complications
- 27. Hyperconnectivity gives us the perception of getting more done. It makes us feel like we're doing more, because we're using every free moment of every waking hour.” - Jonathan Fields
- 32. All over the place http://www.flickr.com/photos/figliodiorfeo/2393269886/
- 35. From thinking Photo: Derek Kearney
- 37. Is not in “doing”?... http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenturamon/83083170/
- 39. Genius is the offspring of the in-between.” - Jonathan Fields
- 41. GIVE & TAKECreating and the Focus Paradox
- 47. Alpha: the gateway to Creativity
- 57. When you are playful, you are activating the right side of your brain. The logical brain is a limited brain. The right side is unlimited. You can (do and ) be anything you want.” - Madan Kataria, The Laughter Guru
- 59. When your brain is supposedly doing nothing, it’s really doing a tremendous amount.” – Marcus Raichle, Neurologist
- 61. GIVE & TAKEAid from the Unseen
- 62. Sometimes dabbling in mysticism can be a fun way to understand and solve a problem.” - Carl King, So You’re a Creative Genius, Now What?
- 64. From the mind of a 4 year old Photo courtesy of Laura Bohill (@LauRARbee)
- 65. A little help from our (imaginary) friends
- 66. Travel our internal lands http://archivingthecity.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/maps_of_the_imagination.jpg
- 68. One form of a genius… http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Albert_Einstein%2C_by_Doris_Ulmann.jpg
- 69. Another form of a genius
- 70. Daemon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_fish_(The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)#Babel_fish
- 72. Mneme – Memory Melete – Practice or occasion Aoide – Voice The Three Original Muses
- 73. Muses were thought to be the true speakers for whom an artist is merely the mouthpiece. Muses were also thought to inspire people to do their best.
- 74. Mneme (Memory) Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 76. Aoide (Voice) Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 77. The spirit of the idea http://www.flickr.com/photos/generated/3152875826/
- 78. Ideas want to take form
- 79. The world is being circled by ideas and creativity that wants to made manifest and are looking for portals to come through…” - Elizabeth Gilbert
- 80. Ideas use us (not vise-versa)
- 83. Trust is everything.” - Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants
- 85. GIVE & TAKEHow will you move forward?
- 86. The choice is yours http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoneppink/80772661/
- 87. How you use your creative brain power “Untitled” by Americo Morales
- 88. Creative flow lies in-between http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgeithner/5290115839/
- 91. The future is now http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/6005503875/
- 92. Creativity makes day to day experiences more vivid, more enjoyable, more rewarding. When we live creatively, boredom is banished and every moment holds the promise of a fresh discovery.” - Mihali Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity
- 95. delicious.com/denisejacobs/white space creativity delicious.com/denisejacobs/getunblocked delicious.com/denisejacobs/unfoldyourbrain delicious.com/denisejacobs/creativityhabit delicious.com/denisejacobs/brainoncreativity Always being updated as I find new relevant articles! “Great Resources” almost daily: @denisejacobs on Twitter Resources!
- 96. netmagazine.com/features/ four-secrets-enhancing- creative-productivity alistapart.com/articles/ reigniting-your-creative-spark/ alistapart.com/articles/ banishing-your-inner-critic/ My articles for further reading
- 97. And the most recent: webstandardssherpa.com/reviews/breaking-the-perfectionism-procrastination-infinite-loop/ Breaking the Perfectionism- Procrastination Infinite Loop
- 98. Art & Inspiration: Americo Morales “Untitled 1” Mind map AmericoMorales.net
- 99. How to find me Photo used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629078087/ DeniseJacobs.com denise@denisejacobs.com Twitter.com/denisejacobs Facebook.com/denisejacobsdotcom Slideshare.net/denisejacobs
- 100. THE CREATIVE DOSE A Creativity + Innovation Collective “Untitled” by Americo Morales Denise Jacobs, Founder + Creativity Evangelist Creative Thinking & Problem-solving Design Thinking Cultivating & Applying an Innovation Mindset Creative Collaboration Team Communication & Cohesion TheCreativeDose.com – Coming September 2014 (yay!)
- 101. THANK YOU!