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Don't wait for the muse
Yet another benefit of constraint-driven creativity is that you don't have time to wait for the muse to show up. And as film critic Roger Ebert told an audience of would-be filmmakers and musicians, "The muse never shows up at the beginning." You have to start doing something and trust the muse will follow, not the other way 'round.
I came across this Federico Fellini quote today, and it seemed to echo what others have been saying about everything from software design to business ideas:
"I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all.
If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it."
It's from a book I'm enjoying called Hillman Curtis on Creating Short Films for the Web (there's a short review of the book on Speak Up)
My favorite tool for creativity-on-demand is still mind-mapping. You start with that one circle in the center and draw/write as quickly as you can. The more you think, the less effective it is. You'll always find things on the paper you didn't expect... things you didn't know were in your head. But whatever you use, and whether you're writing, drawing, composing, coding, designing, whatever... just DO something. Or as Ray Bradbury put it in another quote from the book:
Life is "trying things to see if they work."
You can't try things if you're waiting for the muse to show up first. And if you want inspiration, it's everywhere including:
Creative Component blog
you didn't think I'd get out of this without mentioning Signal vs. Noise, did you?
Creative Think
Cute Overload ... and about 20 gazillion more. Please comment with any website, book, movie, blog, whatever that you use for a creativity jolt. Nothing is off-limits, and PLEASE don't hesitate to do a little shameless self-promotion if you think your blog or site might help someone else (just be sure to give us a sentence about it).
[visit at your own risk]
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I go to designspotter and instructables .... they have clever and fun ideas! Although this one is a bit of a time waster, sometimes it proves an inspriation Stumble Upon
Posted by: hollyster | Nov 20, 2006 10:24:37 PM
I've always found it easy to get "ideas" on business topics by reading as much and as diverse topics as I can... in that what works in this market might apply to another... thought process.
I like...
Trendwatching (http://www.trendwatching.com)
CoolBusinessIdeas (http://www.coolbusinessideas.com)
Springwise (http://srpingwise.com)
They all give me some thoughts to apply back at Marlin Creek (http://marlincreek.com)
Of course, you have to be aware that reading can be a form of procrastination... so, set some specific time frame for checking up on some information... and then go back to the mindmapping to see if any "new" thoughts come flowing out from the recent stimulation.
Posted by: Graydon | Nov 20, 2006 10:41:50 PM
I just keep a moleskin with me--or if I'm feeling more techy my Palm--at all times and when something odd, funny, interesting, different, thought provoking happens I jot down the key words to help me remember the event. Then I don't write until the mood is striking, usually early in the morning, and often I preface a writing session with re-reading old posts or journal entries to get me thinking. Works for me.
A fabulous book I read recently and reviewed at http://scribbit.blogspot.com/2006/11/midnight-disease.html called The Midnight Disease was about writing and brain function which gave me plenty to think about how I'm writing, what sparks creativity and how brain functions inhibit/promote artistic endeavors.
Posted by: Michelle | Nov 20, 2006 11:17:42 PM
This is sort of connected to...moods & emotions!
One popular perception of modern society goes like this - "oh but I am not in the mood, or I dont feel inspired" blah blah.
Is it not possible to explore, control & harness the emotions, and being in the driver's seat, rather than the other way around?
Unfortunately such an idea is blasphemy, since people would think life becomes less colorful as a result :-)
Posted by: yogi | Nov 21, 2006 12:35:13 AM
Coincidence or do you read Sinfest?
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2266
Posted by: Mårten Gustafson | Nov 21, 2006 12:57:07 AM
I think it's important to know the difference between incubation and procrastination: incubation happens AFTER some really hard work; procrastination happens BEFORE it.
Nice choices. I'd add Logic + Emotion http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/
and Creative Generalist http://www.creativegeneralist.com/
And since you ask for shameless self promotion, my blog is about creativity/business issues for creative professionals - and I include the 'suits' in that category as well as the 'creatives'.
Posted by: Mark McGuinness | Nov 21, 2006 1:02:25 AM
Well, Kathy, you asked for it ;-) My own blog, edu.blogs.com, clearly has an educational focus - not just on technology but also on how marketing, management, business, art, culture and so forth could lend something to educationalists by making us look at things sideways.
Funnily enough, it's sometimes the marketers, managers, businesspeople, artists and culture journos who have got some insipiration from the educationalists I write about every day.
The feed also provides extra delicious goodness so that I can push others' ideas, too.
Very shameless. Mea culpa.
Posted by: Ewan McIntosh | Nov 21, 2006 1:40:39 AM
Howies, or better still, one of their catalogues.
Posted by: Jon Vaughan | Nov 21, 2006 2:28:13 AM
I'd definitely second Jon's nomination of the Howies catalogues - genius.
My work is about creative spirituality, and one of the other 'tricks' I'm learning is to pay as much attention to stuff that irritates me as the more immediately fun/inspiring. Guess it's obvious, but the muse often chooses to wear clothes I dislike.
Posted by: richard | Nov 21, 2006 2:48:05 AM
Thanks Kathy, for allowing the "shameless promotion" thing :-)
My blog http://www.adaptivelearningonline.net is my attempt to help developers with continuous learning. In the process of doing some research and by working with clients, I am coming to the conclusion that learning (in software development and probably other fields) is best done in continuous mode rather than in spurts.
My blog is an attempt to enable learning through conversations using blogs and podcasts. I also plan to start screencasting soon.
The primary focus of the blog is to help people with 0 - 2 years of software development experience, improve their coding and object oriented design skills.
Any feedback will be really appreciated. Over time I want this be a real "kick ass" site... but I am limited by my own perceptions of how learning can happen and what people will find useful. I hope to overcome that with user feedback and refactorings to the site, material, and mode of offering learning sessions.
--
Regards
Parag
Posted by: Parag Shah | Nov 21, 2006 2:59:25 AM
Yes kind of agree.
Path keeps opening in front as you walk!!
Posted by: Guru Tech | Nov 21, 2006 3:15:36 AM
I make inspiration happen by forcing myself to do projects. It seems forcing myself into unknown/uncomfortable situations gets the creative juices flowing. And it gets others' flowing as well, apparently, as I'm inspiring people know, which is inspiring to myself. :)
Shameless? Yes. My commercial is all about my passion for photography, as an amateur, as a blogger, as a music lover. This came out of nowhere and I think the marketing behind it is genius. I've (voluntarily!) become a Canon poster boy, because they've showed me they CARE, and they UNDERSTAND what drives me.
Posted by: Onno | Nov 21, 2006 3:30:29 AM
I'm not sure I totally agree Kathy. For sure, waiting for the muse to strike is a thankless task but, while you have to be disciplined in your approach and while perspiration begets inspiration as Ebert suggests, I'm not sure that the muse can be cajoled into appearance.
Based on no knowledge whatsoever, I always see the muse as the upshot of the percolation of all that stuff floating around our brain. Thus, all the blogs and resources you list should indeed be part of one's daily/weekly/monthly ritual that feed said brain and said muse, but there are times when you just have to walk away and use that time for the more mundane stuff which your brain is telling you it's up for. Or am I simply justifying my indolence?
Posted by: John Dodds | Nov 21, 2006 3:31:21 AM
I think one way is to keep your radar screen on. Using something like Bloglines on news feeds that interest you is one way. Google Alerts for some important keywords or phrases is another. Providing 'you're looking around' it's amazing what's going on out there.
Posted by: Barry Welford | Nov 21, 2006 3:48:05 AM
To me this view seems "in tune" with what is expressed in the mistake number 5 (Obstinacy) of Paul Graham's essay about mistakes that kill startups (http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html).
I usually find my daily dose of inspiration in the following sites:
1. Seth Godin's blog - http://sethgodin.typepad.com
2. Guy Kawasaki's blog - http://blog.guykawasaki.com
3. Chief Happiness Officer blog - http://www.positivesharing.com
4. (Surprise!!!) Kathy Sierra's blog - http://headrush.typepad.com (So now you can call it "Creating Inspired Users"!)
5. Manifestos at http://www.changethis.com/
Posted by: Harish | Nov 21, 2006 5:28:07 AM
Good point Kathy, I experience the benefits of time constraint and just starting every day at the moment. I take on stuff I'm not 100% sure I can do and I usually have to do them in a very short amount of time. It forces me to be creative and to push the boundaries I come up against.
However I agree with John Dodds as well. I often have the best ideas in the shower, while commuting, shopping, baking, cleaning or while just sitting in my favorite chair or over a glass of wine with some friends.
If your brain is relaxed or challenged it comes up with the most interesting things.
One of my most stable sources for inspiration is Goodie (http://www.goodie.org). It's a small magazine featuring one interview per issue. The people they interview are invariably like no one I've ever met; unique, original and occasionally weird.
Posted by: Naomi | Nov 21, 2006 5:43:24 AM
Way fun!
Posted by: Sheamus | Nov 21, 2006 5:45:41 AM
Creativity Tools:
Walking, Showering, Talking to others about the problem, Talking to others about something other than the problem, MindMapping, Freewriting, doodling, jotting down notes, structuring and re-structuring the notes, switch from verbal to visual, switch from visual to verbal, take a step back to see the bigger picture (aka context), sleeping, switching the medium (from computer to pen&paper and vice versa), creating outlines (in Word or on paper), reviewing outlines, fleshing out outlines, reinventing outlines, getting something to eat or to drink, washing up, reading up on a wide variety of topics, ...
And not to forget: the precious moment after you sent out the (e)mail which detailed your problem and why you can’t possibly solve it at the moment – which invariably (OK, often) results in having The Right Idea(TM).
Kathy, keep up the good work!
Posted by: Jens | Nov 21, 2006 6:34:18 AM
I don't believe in "the muse". I believe in filling the well regularly, cross-pollinating from different fields, directed daydreaming, mind-mapping, and just getting down to work. Once you get started, the ideas come. I wonder sometimes if I'm the only artist in the world who *doesn't* believe I have a "muse"...hmmm...
I try to regularly provide mini online artist dates for my readers at http://www.layersuponlayers.com/ by pointing them to sites and projects that will help with filling the creative well with new ideas. And my jewelry blog provides many tutorials and tips for those who feel they need a nudge in being creative http://mazeltovjewelry.blogspot.com/
Kathy, I hope that someone, anyone, will find one of these sites helpful, because I feel that techie people can benefit from the arts just like I benefit from exposure to tech-world :-)
Posted by: Cyndi L | Nov 21, 2006 6:40:47 AM
Kathy, I find the same thing is true with podcast topics, for example. A lot of times I hear people say things like, "But we don't have enough to talk about for 50 podcasts!" Once they're conditioned to look around them for potential topics, of course, they find 100 topics without breaking a sweat. It's what Barry Welford called "keeping the radar screen on."
I can't do self-promotion without a little shame, but I'll do it nonetheless. My blog comes from the perspective of a 'new media' guy in a an 'old media' company, helping people see that they can now produce the same kinds of programming that has been reserved for big media companies in the past.
Posted by: David Brazeal | Nov 21, 2006 7:24:01 AM
Spot-on about the creative process, Kathy. Unless it's just a hobby, one needs to keep moving (literally or figuratively) to create the space for inspiration to happen.
As for my bit to share, I write The YouBlog -- practical ideas on presentations, persuasion, selling and communications. It's kind of a cross between Creating Passionate Users and Presentation Zen. You can find it at http://youblog.typepad.com.
Thanks for all you share with us!
Posted by: John Windsor | Nov 21, 2006 7:24:59 AM
I have found plenty of ideas here (blog entries and links to other resources).
I don't sit around waiting for the muse. I read as much as I can, explore the Web, talk to friends and coworker. I also make sure that I have always got a pen and paper nearby, because you never know when the muse will pop into your head. I also make sure that I get away from the computer and the office. Outdoor activities and exercise are great creativity boosters. My business partner taught me about "idea quotas." If you force (constrain) yourself to write down 10 ideas a day (they won't all be good), then, by the end of the week you will have 70 things to sort through...at least one will be decent, or can be the seed of a great idea.
Thanks for the self-promotion opportunity.
Our company is building a "Global Nation for Creatives." We are creating a place where people can showcase their talents. Our "Muzeum" will be a place that people can visit for inspiration, or to break through the dreaded creativity block. Our community site will be live in mid-December. In the meantime, you might find some ideas here oddpodz
Posted by: jocelyn | Nov 21, 2006 8:15:01 AM
http://buzz.stumbleupon.com gives a nice snapshot of what people are interested in at this moment.
As is this: http://technorati.com/pop/
Posted by: engtech | Nov 21, 2006 8:55:08 AM
Thanks for inviting shameless self-promotion. Here's mine: http://extra-cubicular.blogspot.com. Creativity & innovation applied to technology.
Posted by: Allen Unrau | Nov 21, 2006 9:17:04 AM
The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield. Brief, trenchant, and BS-free.
Dave Edwards.
Log Buffer
Posted by: Dave Edwards | Nov 21, 2006 9:57:50 AM
Posted by: Jan Korbel | Nov 21, 2006 10:03:14 AM
I remembered a sketch from Les Luthiers, a comedy band who played music of Johann Sebastian Mastropiero, their fictional composer: "When Johann Sebastian Mastropiero composed by commission, he wrote mediocre and inexpressive plays; on the other hand, when he only followed his inspiration, he never composed a note."
Posted by: Juan Pablo Martínez | Nov 21, 2006 11:45:45 AM
Keri Smith's blog, Wish Jar Journal, and Danny Gregory's blog, Everyday Matters, always get me excited to jump right into projects. Both authors are illustrators that have a great sense of play and experimentation.
Posted by: Caroline | Nov 21, 2006 11:47:28 AM
According to your graphic, coffee can function as a muse!!
On my site, I have been writing about the fashion muse, trying to find some common components of inspiration -- nothing too formal. One interesting fact about the fashion muse is she (ahem, or he, but almost exclusively she) often works very closely with a designer, functioning as a sparring partner. Additionally, fashion designers tend to live lives that are very different from the ordinary folk -- you know, oh so glamorous; so, muses are a way for designers to stay connected to the "common" person on the street.
I am guessing the muse doesn't show up at the "beginning" because she or he has nothing to critique or challenge. So, a big part of inspiration is finding a problem to solve. Sites I read readily pointing out problems: Shelley Powers, Majikthise and Almost Girl.
Posted by: jessi | Nov 21, 2006 12:19:22 PM
You are so right about not waiting for the muse. Once you start creating even at the most dense level, the muse will start flying your way. You see, the muse doesn't like to waste her time, she wants to make sure she will be of real creative use wherever she goes!
Posted by: Savvy1007 | Nov 21, 2006 12:38:53 PM
This is definitely a nichy muse thing, but we created GirlsHorseClub.com with the mission to inspire, educate and empower young (and not-so-young) girls through their love for horses. We started with a focus on literature/writing by seeding content with stories written by adult authors. We now have a collection of over 400 stories (some novels) written by girls across the globe. The young (and not-so-young) authors continue to raise the bar -- inspiration breeds inspiration.
Thanks for sharing your inspiration with all who read your blog!
Posted by: LeadMare | Nov 21, 2006 4:47:43 PM
Thanks for this Kathy, this has give me a few brilliant ideas for a project I was faltering on, right at the perfect time.
Posted by: Kev | Nov 21, 2006 4:55:27 PM
I found http://thedailypaintedegg.blogspot.com always cool. It completely useless to me, cause I don´t paint. But the guy has a straight thinking and his very own way of looking onto the world. And he seems to be good at what he does. You can watch someone being creative in a craftmanship kind of way and in a poetic kind of way. It helped me a lot to think my things once more and on my own.
Posted by: Fokko Aden | Nov 21, 2006 5:12:21 PM
Oops, I forgot the link-tags. Once more. Sorry.
I found The daily painted egg always cool. It completely useless to me, cause I don´t paint. But the guy has a straight thinking and his very own way of looking onto the world. And he seems to be good at what he does. You can watch someone being creative in a craftmanship kind of way and in a poetic kind of way. It helped me a lot to think my things once more and on my own.
Posted by: Fokko Aden | Nov 21, 2006 5:14:44 PM
Check out the article on creativity at 'Creative Behaviour'.
http://www.creativebehavior.com/index.php?PID=148
Also 'Netdiver'. "Devoted to tutoring, empowering
and stimulating creativity as well as excellence in design projects by the international community involved in the industry and beyond!"
http://netdiver.net/
Posted by: Blondini | Nov 21, 2006 6:08:00 PM
Great suggestions, great sources, and great comments.
I feel priveleged to be on your list (Creative Think).
One question, I tried to Subscribe to your feed, and all I got was a bunch of code. What am I overlooking (is there a Feedburner button there I'm not seeing)?
Thanks and best wishes,
Roger von Oech
Posted by: Roger von Oech | Nov 21, 2006 6:20:46 PM
I am honored, and enjoying discovering those on your list that are new to me.
Inspiration is everywhere, although we each find our personal favorite sources (you're one of mine). For me, constantly seeking it out brings the muse(s) sooner or later. Sometimes the most difficult thing is to ignore without banishing them in order to work on practical chores.
Vera
Posted by: Vera Bass | Nov 21, 2006 6:54:10 PM
You described what I am doing with my blog at steve-olson.com. In September I had no idea what I was going to do with this blog – no plan at all. I just knew two things – I wanted to write and I wanted to help other people. I decided to do a fire,fire,fire,fire, aim, fire,fire,fire, aim approach and I am happy with it so far. I’m learning and growing and that why I started blogging, to get feedback from all of you. So far so good… 250,000 visitors since September 17th 2006 and I am grateful for everyone of them. Even the little bastards that criticize me :-). They help me learn. Thanks for the shameless plug
Posted by: Steve Olson | Nov 21, 2006 8:37:10 PM
For those aspiring writers out there, there's nanowrimo (http://nanowrimo.org/) and associated with that is Script Frenzy (http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/).
Check out the websites as they are great ways to constrict the artistic freedoms and create something potentially fabulous in the meantime.
Posted by: Guy | Nov 22, 2006 1:14:26 AM
Kathy, in the same vein you might find this interesting (taken from this weeks 'Sunspots' post on the Signal V Noise blog):
“Is it possible to have a life where the ‘flow state’ is the norm? Is there a way to have ‘flow’ all the time regardless of where we are, what we are doing or what seems to happening around us? There is.”
The post they link to is here --> The Little Book of Flow
The blog itself is full of inspiration too.
Posted by: Vicky Willcock | Nov 22, 2006 9:56:02 AM
It's amazing how many of the sources mentioned here are on my daily blog list.
So, in the spirit of self-promotion, check out my blog on the personal effects of global warming...my name link should get you there.
http://www.burnertrouble.com
I'd like to see more views on this...
Posted by: MartinE | Nov 22, 2006 9:59:32 AM
Thanks for the mention =)
Great article.... actually, I wrote something on the same topic about 2 years ago:
"Don't worry about finding inspirtation. It comes around eventually..."
http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000963.html
Posted by: hugh macleod | Nov 22, 2006 10:46:40 AM
Just a bunch of ideas here.
1) DeBono (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_DeBono) - he proposes to shake up the thinking from time to time by considering something clearly paradoxical - for example:
- a car with quadratic wheels: thinking about this can lead to some ideas about good suspension mechanisms that can be used also with normal wheels on a rough terrain.
2) "Research suggests that companies can raise the creativity levels of their professionals by introducing a structured amount of 'mindless' work during the day" from http://www.worldbusinesslive.com/rss/article/600682/
3) In "When Collections of Creatives Become Creative Collecives: A Field Study of Problem Solving at Work" by Andrew B. Hargadon and Beth A. Bechky (http://orgsci.highwire.org/cgi/reprint/17/4/484 unfortunately it was taken behind a paid wall) the authors analyze the creative process in groups. They write in the abstract:
"The evidence suggests that although some creative solutions can be seen as the products of individual insight, others should be regarded as the products of a momentary collective process. Such collective creativity reflects a qualitative shift in the nature of the creative process, as the comprehension of a problematic situation and the generation of creative solutions draw from—and reframe—the past experiences of participants in ways that lead to new and valuable insights. This research investigates the origins of such moments, and builds a model of collective creativity that identifies the precipitating roles played by four types of social interaction: help seeking, help giving, reflective reframing, and reinforcing"
4) A complement to inducing creativity would be finding creative solutions made by others. Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel (http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm) is a good primer on that one.
Posted by: Zbigniew Lukasiak | Nov 23, 2006 4:32:56 AM
Hasselhoff is the only inspiration I need! :-P
Posted by: The Hoff | Nov 23, 2006 4:55:50 PM
It's funny, but I usually check your blog to see what useful new jolts you might have in store for my mind to ponder over before starting a blog post! The jolts do not bring instantaneous nirvana, if you know what I mean, but I like the way your ideas wiggle their way into my thoughts like worms... and I have to say I agree with most everything I've read here. I guess we all need little "not so duh!" reminders every now and then.
Posted by: Yasmin | Nov 24, 2006 4:15:45 AM
Another shameless plug:
Gems Sty - Collecting and musing interesting tidbits on design and other happenings.
http://gemssty.com
Welcome!
Posted by: kk | Nov 24, 2006 10:53:31 AM
I read your blog for an inspiring jolt.
Thanks,
Noel
Posted by: Noel | Nov 26, 2006 4:48:20 AM
I spent most of yesterday playing Snood. Not directly related to inspiration, but at the end of the day, I felt as if I had degragmented my mental hard drive. The cognitive scientists would tell you that unstructured time is essential for children -- I suspect it's essential for good grown up functioning, too. Playing Snood as unstructured time? Aside from feeling compelled to play JUST ONE MORE GAME, yes, it was.
I like to see what's up in fields other than my own, which is primarily library science, mixed with a bit of cognitive science here -n- there. Hence my blog, CogSci Librarian.
Love reading your blog -- it inspires me to keep working towards designing good systems for my library's users.
Posted by: CogSciLibrarian | Nov 26, 2006 4:46:23 PM
Wow, thanks for all those links!
Your blog is actually in a section of my blog called "Daily dose of knowledge and inspiration", with others like Hugh MacLeod (of course). Seth Godin says that "great bloggers blog for their readers, not themselves" (that's another source of inspiration right there). So, in an effort to some day be a great blogger I try to inspire others through thoughts on how to make this a good life. You are invited to visit at http://gudlaif.blogspot.com and post your comments, thoughts, ideas,...that help promote that global conversation. God bless,
Joaquín.
Posted by: Joaquín | Nov 28, 2006 10:41:39 AM
Another site I love other than yours (Kathy's) is Andrew's Trizle's Trizoko.
It has [unique] style, just like your posts. Visible from the first 5 or even 3 seconds upon immersion.
Very, very few people can manage with both unique style and quality at the same time. Rare is an understatement...
Posted by: Hendy Irawan | Nov 29, 2006 2:18:58 AM
And to complete an irony, a quote from the site:
“Katie, you are a badass. I loved how you rocked this sucka: __________, and __________, and __________. You’re having a major impact on our clients. You’re freakin’ insane. Thanks, playa.”
PS: Why "Katie"? Sounds very "touche" to me ;-) [really, no pun intended]
Posted by: Hendy Irawan | Nov 29, 2006 2:21:28 AM
This is a great post. It actually fits quite well with what author Alison Kent was blogging about last week. She talked about how why she went back to work, even after she achieved the writer's dream of being able to write full time.
I'm a writer of speculative fiction erotica ("kickass ninja smut") and I take my influences outside of my chosen mediums like movies, tv, and film, as well as outside of my genre. As a result, I've found myself in a nice little niche of the sub-genre of erotic romance :)
Posted by: Racy Li | Nov 29, 2006 8:33:01 AM
I'd like to remind people that my blog has got creative bits of wisdom from time to time!
http://blog.3rdmartini.com
Posted by: Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist | Nov 29, 2006 9:58:12 PM
I do not agree with what is written here. Under no pressure an artist produces something significant. The pressure could be there but it has to come from inwards. That is what is muse, I think. Meeting some deadlines is not for artistic work.
Posted by: K C bhatt | Dec 1, 2006 2:11:58 AM
