Linky Dinks: Is Creativity Routine or Ritual?

I have never actually considered myself to be a creative person, if you can believe it.  I am a teacher, and that involves a lot of creativity, but as a performer, well, I am a performer mindmanager smart download for free.  I don’t go around writing piano solos – I merely play other people’s creative works.

But in college, my piano teacher disagreed with me o2 service suite herunterladen.  It’s one kind of creativity to create an original piece of music, but there is a different kind of creativity required to interpret someone else’s original piece of music, practice it and perfect, and then perform it and make it your own graphics driver nvidia download for free.  My college piano teacher is a highly intelligent woman, and so I won’t disagree with her, and I guess I am a creative person after all.

And after reading this article from the Creativity Post, I do feel a bit more like I fall into the “creative” category hörbuch herunterladen amazon.  There is absolutely a routine (or a ritual) involved in preparing oneself to perform.

I don’t think I have ever fallen onto the ‘ritual’ side of the argument – for myself, practicing piano is a routine, but what is the difference between a routine and a ritual anyway tastaturschreiben kostenlos herunterladen?  If I wake up every morning, go to the bathroom, take care of my dog, fix myself a cup of tea and play the piano for an hour, isn’t that a ritual spyder 3 herunterladen?  Or is it just a routine?

And routines and rituals aren’t just for us creative types, either.  Everyone has a “zone” that they can get to when they work apps von google play auf pcen.  You know, being “in the zone,” and getting a ton of work done, whether it’s writing, painting, accounting, or sales.  Do you get there out of routine or with a ritual microsoft word 2010 download kostenlos chip?  Do you have to create a space for yourself?  Or can it happen anywhere, at any time?

Linky Dinks: Be Crazy Good, not Crazy Weird

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I think this is a really interesting technique that could be adapted to a number of situations and ideas full versions for free.  One example: What is the most cost effective way to accomplish something vs. the most extravagant way?  What is the quickest way to do something vs where can I books for free. the longest most drawn out way?  The possibilities and applications are endless.

Linky Dinks: Learning from Kids

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If I have learned anything – ANYTHING – from being a teacher, probably one of the most important lessons I have learned is that my kids will teach me just as much as I will teach them (if I pay attention and let them, of course) mastercraft kostenlos herunterladen.

And as this cute gallery from Mashable will show, one of the most important things that make kids awesome is their ability to dream without limits, and play wholeheartedly schriftart hochzeit herunterladen.  And, of course, that naps are way, way important.