Creativity and Science

A physicist may seem like an unlikely person to address the creative sector forum, Survive and Thrive.
But as Professor Sir Paul Callaghan explains in this interview, scientific insights are creative acts and boosting our creativity is key to growing our ‘smart’ industries in NZ.

http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/news/interviews/2011/jul/88715-rethinking-creativity-with-sir-paul-callaghan

Chumping and the 48h Hour Film Festival

Chumping??
More here - be sure to watch the video clip towards the bottom of the page.

http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/news/industry-news/2011/jul/88684-child-jumping-fad-scores-v48hours-top-honours

Business Survival Toolkit

There is a new free toolkit available ~ the Business Survival Toolkit helps you whether you are self-employed, run a small creative team, or manage a cultural business of two hundred people.http://www.mycakefinancialmanagement.co.uk/blog/?p=3909

How to build a castle in the air

http://lateralaction.com/articles/gormenghast/

What are you wasting your creative energy on?

http://www.creativesomething.net/post/7230714606

Finding an audience for your creative work.

Part of Mark McGuiness's Break through your Creative Blocks series.
http://networkedblogs.com/k1TKI

The Age of Imagination

The Age of Imagination: Placing Art and Design at the Centre
by Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art and Design
http://www.ocad.ca/Assets/pdf_media/unused_pdfs/Age_of_Imagination_Oulu.pdf.pdf

Laughter leads to insight.

Stumped by a crossword puzzle? Try taking a break to watch a funny TV show. Recent research shows that people in a lighthearted mood more often have eureka moments of sudden inspiration.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=laughter-leads-to-insight&WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_Twitter

48 hour flim festival success

The 48 Hour Film Festival is a great vehicle for creativity. These guys from my home town did good. Check out their film.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/5232300/Success-for-Taranaki-team

Creative Characteristic: CURIOSITY

Improv sessions show up frequently at creativity events because a) they are very fun and b) they reflect the essence of creative thinking: “yes and”. The idea of “yes and” – building on others ideas without judgment – is a powerful concept and one that doesn’t get enough attention in the business world.
http://www.drumcircleco.com/anneblog/