Comments on: How to Be More Creative (Step 1: Destroy)

By: Samuel Cartwright

Samuel Cartwright — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:08:45 +0000

Would there be good without the evil? It is the age old way that we percieve good and bad. A way in which we veiw the world as we know it.I have experienced a great deal of bad in my life but do not regret a bit of it. Although at times I should but without all of the trials I would have learned nothing. I am a true believer that what we learn from this life we take on to the next. Every failure only leads to a victory as long as you persevere. Wisdom does not come from success alone. Every problem can be looked at as an opportunity to acheave. Every situation in our daily lives presents new opportunities. Every person that we meet can be looked at as an extention of our reach into the soup bowl of Life etc ect ect.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:11:41 +0000

Sounds like Bono got bored with his own stuff…and maybe John Stewart and the Teachers? Creatively speaking, I think we begin with the end in mind but rarely reach the intended target because it’s too hard to define at the onset. Although we may exhaust ourselves trying, our creative brain can’t accept a final product…is it a blessing or a curse?

By: Dale Kirby

Dale Kirby — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:09:25 +0000

Even though I’ve accepted the need to rewrite, I realize that I have held on to idea that the first draft is the final piece but needs polishing. But I see from this article that perhaps the first draft is a part of a deeper process and may have to be discarded and done again to reach the final product. Not so much rewriting but writing again informed by, but not tied to, the first effort.

By: VictorNYC

VictorNYC — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:42:51 +0000

Your timing couldn’t be more perfect. This is exactly what I needed to read. For the last two days, I have had the nagging feeling that a painting—in which I have invested a lot of time and technical effort—is not going where it needs to be going. I have been struggling with it for months now. I considered completely stripping away everything but couldn’t quite make the leap—too much investment. So what does this mean? It means I will pull out the camera, mount it on a tripod to take some good quality shots to record what’s been done so far. Then I will erase everything and start from scratch with the same concept(the idea was never bad), but a different approach.

By: djcoyle

djcoyle — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:21:56 +0000

Ha! So true.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:30:17 +0000

That’s how I write. I started over 3-4 times on my book, Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development, and finally published it because I figured that I would re-write and re-write forever if I did not pick some arbitrary point and push send. My girlfriend thought I was crazy to start over and start over, but that’s how I work. Get it down on paper and then use that as a point to start again and again.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:15:13 +0000

This explains why I keep tearing up my pocket-notebook ….

By: Fabricio

Fabricio — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:43:46 +0000

The creative is a process that included convergence and divergence tasks. Destroy is a divergence´s task.
I´ll be sharing with my students.
Great Post

By: Carri

Carri — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:19:32 +0000

That’s funny, I always thought that the fact that I have to do something more a few times to get it right was a curse. It reminds me of a quote by Einstein: “It’s not that I’m so smart, It’s just I stay with problems longer.” Great post, Dan, Thanks!

By: TomWatson

TomWatson — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:15:27 +0000

Oh Yea! It’s like the old adage that a artist never really appreciates his work, for he can always do better. When I shoot my videos I hate to release them for I see so many falacies that I can do better. Good article.