http://www.sew-wrc.com/idea-motivator/2006/11/28/day-6-of-the-12-step-creativity-program-so-youre-not-very-creative/ Where Creativity Explodes into Content and Link Popularity Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.sew-wrc.com/idea-motivator/2006/11/28/day-6-of-the-12-step-creativity-program-so-youre-not-very-creative/#comment-469 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:16:34 +0000 http://www.sew-wrc.com/idea-motivator/2006/11/28/day-6-of-the-12-step-creativity-program-so-youre-not-very-creative/#comment-469 Maybe we could follow the advice of those who suggest that taking two things or ideas that already exist and combining them in a new and different way is a form of creativity. Hollywood has been doing it for ages. Witness Star Wars. It's based on the age-old battle between good and evil, plus creator George Lucas's love of swashbucklers. Rock groups in the 1970's used the idea in their names (Jefferson Airplane, Iron Butterfly, Led Zepplin, Three Dog Night, etc.), each combining things not normally associated with one another. Together, they created something new. Maybe we could follow the advice of those who suggest that taking two things or ideas that already exist and combining them in a new and different way is a form of creativity. Hollywood has been doing it for ages. Witness Star Wars. It’s based on the age-old battle between good and evil, plus creator George Lucas’s love of swashbucklers. Rock groups in the 1970’s used the idea in their names (Jefferson Airplane, Iron Butterfly, Led Zepplin, Three Dog Night, etc.), each combining things not normally associated with one another. Together, they created something new.

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