Let's PLAY!

CREATIVITY
...or at least, the following images are what come up in GoogleImages when you search creative art:

Isn't this true??!

Are you feeling inspired?

...fantastic :)

Now listen to the following  TED Talk  (if you want) and check out the following image:























Is this the state of creativity in our society?

As we learned and experienced on Friday, there's a growing Creativity Crisis (Newsweek) in America. Schools, technology, myths all play a role in this crisis -- and I'm sure there's an ongoing debate as to which is most detrimental to society.

For this blog, however, I'd like to focus on how to inspire creativity in our daily lives. Check out Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk on inspiring creativity on a daily basis for some starters.  For this week, I'd like to you consider and blog about the following (providing a concrete and specific example for each when applicable):

1. First, do you think it's important to be creative? Why or why not?
2. When was the last time you were creative or engaged in play? What were you doing? Were you working with others? (provide an example, and do NOT use Friday's workshop as an example)

Now, drawing on your experiences from Friday's workshop, consider and respond to the following (for those of you absent on Friday, just do your best to answer the questions!):

1. What was your perspective on creativity before and after the workshop? Did it change? If so, how? and if not, why not?
2. Did the workshop's play activity give you any tips and techniques into incorporating creativity into your daily life? If so, please provide some examples.
3. As Creativity/Innovation is a Core Competency of BLF, how are you going to apply what you learned (or perhaps already knew) about creativity and play into this current challenge?
4. Finally, did you have fun? :)

And my last question for you this week is a bit off the wall, but I hope it will inspire creativity in you!  So... You are working on an autobiography; pull one chapter from the book. What does it look like? What is the topic? What are the stories, explanations, or lessons you include in it?

That's all I have for now -- I hope you all have creative responses to this week's prompt!