Creativity
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Notes On Creativity As Blind Variation And Selective Retention
In a chapter on the sources of creativity in his book The Wandering Mind (2015), Michael C. Corballis draws on a 1960 article by D.T. Campbell (“Blind variation and selective retention in creative thought as in other knowledge processes.” Psychological Review 67, 380-400) about the constitutive elements of creative thought. Campbell distills the process into two… Continue reading
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Performance Notes: Imagining A Perfect Musical System
I imagine a perfect musical system would begin by asking me questions. What are you feeling today? What is on your mind? Where do you want to go? How do you want to be? Then the system would generate a series of sound sets based on my mood and my imagination. These sound sets would… Continue reading
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On Intensity And Focus: Applying Physical Training Principles To Creative Work
We often think about physical fitness and creative work as completely separate and unrelated domains, but training principles can be applied outside of exercise. Here are a few I have been applying from endurance sports: The 80/20 Rule The 80/20 rule suggests that 80 percent of your training should take place at a relaxed and easy… Continue reading
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On Key Moments In Composing
Each time you sit down at the computer and the keyboard to compose it feels as if you have no prior experience to draw on. Even though all your conscious knowing tells you that this can’t be the case, you’re beginning as if from scratch, facing the empty screen without being able recall the hundreds… Continue reading
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Owning The Phenomenal World: Jeong Kwan On Creativity
“Creativity and ego cannot go together. If you free yourself from the comparing and jealous mind, your creativity opens up endlessly. Just as water springs from a fountain, creativity springs from every moment. You must not be your own obstacle. You must not be owned by the environment you are in. You must own… Continue reading
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Chasing Creativity
Creativity is a wolf that you’re chasing in a mountain forest in the middle of winter. You run after this stealth silent and fleet-footed animal that sprints ahead of you, flying over rocks and branches, leaping over iced streams, always vanishing just around the next bend in the trail. You’re patient in your pursuit,… Continue reading
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Reading Analogically: Ideas From René Redzepi’s “A Work In Progress”
“We’re always searching for an association that allows the dish to make sense on a fundamental level–a connection we can build the finishing elements on.” “We made a dish with no reference points in the past nor in other lands.” Examining in depth a single ingredient. Mapping ingredients and creating a knowledge bank. “It’s almost… Continue reading
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Notes On Ed Catmull’s “Creativity, Inc.”
“The uncreated is a vast, empty space” – Ed Catmull Ed Catmull’s Creativity, Inc. is a memoir that explores and analyzes the history and creative life of Pixar, the American computer animation company. Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar, its current president, and an accomplished computer scientist, untangles the complex business of how to… Continue reading
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