Title - Creative Process Tags - creativeprocess
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Set up structural tension
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Goal -
Current reality -
Gather raw materials
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Consult archive for existing materials -
Fill in gaps in knowledge on paper (notes from books, audio, etc.) -
Convert paper notes into archive notes -
Make connections
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Look for patterns between notes in your archive -
Make connections (links) between existing notes -
Make new notes as tentative/partial ideas come to you -
Don't stop when you get tired - keep going until it's hopeless to go on -
Wait for the Eureka! moment
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Drop the creation completely and do something else -
Listen to music, go to the cinema, read fiction, exercise -
When the Eureka moment comes, move on -
Shape the idea
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Get your idea down on paper while it's in your head -
Adapt the idea into practical form -
Take the actions that bring it into reality -
Put it in front of other people for "criticism"
[#young2003producingideas]: James Webb Young (2003): A Technique for Producing Ideas, McGraw-Hill.