by David | Jul 9, 2018 | Articles
It’s a well-worn cliché that creative genius is closely related to madness. So much so that quite often, Creativity is seen as the CAUSE of the madness. However, if you accept, as I do, that everyone is creative and that creativity is a fundamental human urge that...
by David | Jun 18, 2018 | Articles
The biggest surprise is that many people still only think of art when they think about the term creativity. I have learned some surprising things about the world’s attitude to creativity while working through the test phase of my creativity training workshops and...
by David | Jun 4, 2018 | Articles
Along the path of my 25-year career as a self-employed creative, I have encountered a lot of resistance to creativity. When you consider we operate in a global economy centred on innovation: product updates and upgrades, new editions, new models, new technology… this...
by David | Apr 16, 2018 | Articles
The irony of this statement is its frequent attribution to Gandhi when very little evidence exists to support this idea.* It really more just sounds like (*) something he would have said. But its apparent source is no less impressive: it appears to have originated...
by David | Aug 1, 2017 | Articles
This ridiculously catchy little tune with its hard to decipher lyrics came into my head last week. And now it won’t go away. But it also got me thinking… “Health service glassesGigolos and brassesRound or skinny bottomsTake your mum to ParisLighting up the chaliceWee...
by David | Jul 24, 2017 | Articles
Surrealist artist Peter van Straten answers the question: Where does your creativity and inspiration come from?https://youtu.be/wNuHsNvcSgMPeter has steadily been building a reputation for himself in South Africa, which is now spilling out gradually into the rest of...
