Comments on: Are You Forcing Creativity?

By: SiewShuen

SiewShuen — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:35:55 +0000

Yeah i agree. But sometimes creativity just don’t come to you when you are in need of it. And there is no point in forcing yourself because you know that forced creativity wouldn’t produce quality work. However in this industry, creativity really has to come asap.

By: dandelioncs

dandelioncs — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:00:53 +0000

O goodness, the cartoon cracked me up so bad! It’s so TRUE that I have to wait the certain time to get the idea, but not the last minute panic. I usually browsing lots of websites (competitor / similar web) just to grab some ideas, compile all of them, try to think some strategies and boom! Also, I can’t get interrupted if I’m in the middle of project, sometimes if I get an idea, then I need to do the other project / task, I will forget or just lose the passion (or something like that), then for some reason the previous idea will just fade away… And I will not in the mood until I find the mood again.. I’m not alone right?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:09:15 +0000

I like the point that you make — and honestly, that you’ve made it in conjunction with an old Calvin & Hobbes comic — but I can’t help but agree in large part with Calvin. I’ve had loads of projects where great ideas or spot designs have only come out of hours of thumbnailing, which is often just something you (I) have to sit and make myself do.

And what is with the old stigma of creativity striking between 12:00 – 6:00 am? I’m not one for making generalizations, but surely you know what I’m talking about.

By: Praveen Nair

Praveen Nair — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:23:36 +0000

Working amidst deadlines is definitely a challenge. An idea or a thought can be brought in by constantly stimulating, thinking and brainstorming conversations with people with similar frequency and wavelengths. It can happen anywhere, anytime. We just have to channelize all our activities aligned with the thoughts or vice versa. The Restroom is the place where it has happened to me most of the times:-). Things doesn’t work if I say ” I can’t think of anything right now, we will do something else” in the IT industry which works with processes and aggressive deadlines.

But while I paint, It is just my world and I do it only when I feel.

By: nikos lianeris

nikos lianeris — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:16:20 +0000

I agree with your sayings.Creativity can hit you any time of the day but I also believe that creativity comes also with practicing.So apart from waiting creativity to come and find me I dedicate some hours of my week in practicing and in learning how to do things!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:10:48 +0000

Good point and for my private projects I always try to do that, but in my job when my boss says “I need a cool design for this and that until the end of the week” I don’t have much of a choice. But still if I have a couple of days to finish something and I just can’t come up with something great, I indeed put it aside (but still keep it in the back of my head) and work on something else. And then all over sudden I have THE idea. Doesn’t always work though, haha.

By: Stefan Vervoort

Stefan Vervoort — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:48:25 +0000

Creativity can not be forced, but it can be stimulated. I tend to have a creativity block when I am working alone, but when I talk about it with other creatives, the creativity comes naturally. Working in a project group or having deadlines definitely works for me.

By: Design Informer

Design Informer — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:25:36 +0000

Great article Shay. That’s the thing sometimes when you have a full-time design job and you have a project that you need to design. Sometimes, creativity just isn’t flowing but you’re deadlines are still there and you have to find a way to get it done. That’s the cool thing with personal projects. You can work on them only when you want to and stop if you’re not feeling it.