It's
simple, to be more creative, you have to 'create' more often. The more
often you practice a skill, the more perfect you are with that skill.
And creativity is just a skill. However, it cannot be simply taught. But
it can always be triggered. The following is a guide which might help
you trigger your creativity.
Maintain a notebook with three sections.
Or you can choose a file with three sections, and fill your notes
inside. The following are the three sections you have to maintain inside
the notebook:
1. KEEDA corner
- A section which you will fill daily with random words and ideas. The
word KEEDA is Hindi for 'ants'. The ideas is, that you infuse little
packets of creativity into this section of the book. You will right five
random words or phrases (called KEEDAs), which should mean something
out of the book by their own.
For example, 'elephant', 'orange', 'genocide in Germany', 'Samuel Beckett' and 'IKEA chairs'. Number the KEEDAs in a systematic order, and do this religiously. It will help if you just doodle a small picture relating to the KEEDAs you draw.
You
might think of problems you want to solve, such as hunger problems,
space problems (both Cosmological and Geological), poverty problems,
service problems, instrument problems. Keep writing and writing and
refining your ideas as much as possible.
Doodle
the visual form of your products and plans. It doesn't matter if the
ideas are childish or crazy, because they are sometimes these ideas that
get most successful. After you have filled a lot of this section and
you have spent a lot of time behind it, reflect.
Look
for your old notes, analyze which idea will make you richest, or help
the society the most in the most economic way. The same goes for
prospective artists, designers, game creators, writers and future gods
of the most creative worlds to be discovered by mankind.
3. Insight into reality
- Over here, make a list of news, current events, current technologies,
current creations and creations from the past. Be updated and update
your book. Try to read and learn as much as you can about the stuff you
want to create.
The
reason you have to do this is that creativity is the application of
imagination to the real world. Building castles in the air is not
enough; you need to see and learn how castles are usually built.
Choose
a convenient place to write your book, but don't constrain yourself.
You may roam around the city or sit in coffee shops while writing the
book. Go to different places and look at a new scenery as often as
possible.
I myself try to create business ideas, because I want to get rich as soon as possible. I
think of ways I can earn money from, and note them down. I describe
each business idea in detail in my folder (a folder is much easier to
manage, considering the three sections.
