If you want to be more creative, you could wear black and the occasional ironic t-shirt, maybe say 'no' a lot and even make logos invisible to the naked eye.
However, there are some psychological tricks you can employ instead.
1. Introduce some greenery. Red agitates us, blue relaxes us, but green both calms and invigorates. Get a pot plant, write in green ink, if you're running a workshop, wear a green t-shirt.
2. Do something else. The subconsious is very clever, you need to let it work. Once you know what the task is, do a word puzzle, anagram or play a bit of Sudoku. Then get back to it - your subconscious will have lots to tell you. On the other hand, if you hit a wall, just push it a little further, then do something completely different - stuff will just pop into your head and the subconscious carries on working.
3. Lay down. The bits of the brain that do the creative bit actually work better when you're horizontal.
4. Get into the frame of mind of someone else. Write down a day in the life of anyone creative, disruptive or anti- rules. A day in the life of a punk, an artist or a dancer. Your mind convinces itself it's brimming with ideas and creativity and off you go. Don't do this for a creative genius though - the mind get's intimidated and blocks - so no Da Vinci, Keats or Bono (just kidding about Bono). Or just ask yourself 'What would XX do?'.
5. Get some modern art. If you have a poster of a number of arrows all pointing in the same direction, except for one, the brain reacts the rule breaking...sounds silly, but it's proven.
6. Get interested. Every day, find out why something is as it is - like why tihs snetece is rdaedlabe tohugh it is slpet worng. The brain get's stimulation and you have lots of stuff stored to connect to.
Have a go, you never know.
That explains the success of the Irish economy then.
Posted by: John | March 21, 2010 at 10:32 PM