douglas brent smith: creativity

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Creativity Needs Room

Make room for creativity and watch how much it grows.

-- doug smith

Creativity is almost ready...

The less creative you feel, the closer you are to feeling creative again.

-- douglas brent smith

Let It Flow

Can you tell when you're holding back? Or, are your senses dulled when things get dull and the sparkling shine fades away?

Creativity can act like water: sometimes we need to prime the pump to get it flowing. Let it flow. Move it forward. There will be surprises. There will be storms. I really do believe that the best thing you will ever create has not yet been created. It awaits your initiative, your verve, your motion.

You can't help but be creative -- no need to hold back.

-- doug smith

Better than not perfect

"One brilliantly creative idea a day is all that it takes, to undo a hundred thoughtless mistakes."

-- doug smith

Raw Emotions

Rough drafts lead to raw emotions.

Raw emotions lead to truth.

Truth leads to change.

-- doug smith

User Agreement Rider

Do you like reading and committing to User Agreements?

Of course you don't. They are pure rubbish. .Designed to make you read them, but written so that you can't read them (because they are confusing and massively too long) we mostly end up pretending that we did read them just to get on with whatever we want to do.

Not fair.

Not designed to be fair. Designed to cover the butts of the people who wrote the User Agreement and to restrict the rest of us from being ourselves, from doing what we want and need to do, and from exercising our rights.

In a perfect world, all of those user agreements are unenforceable. Maybe, even in an imperfect world.

Is it really an agreement if we don't agree to it? If we don't have any influence on what goes INTO an agreement, how is THAT an agreement?

Enough!

We need some sanity.

I hereby propose a universal User Agreement Rider to invoke whenever you've had enough of an evil User Agreement. No lawyers have been involved in the drafting of this universal escape clause. I offer no legal advice. The fun, the humor, the blatant disregard is completely up to you.

There are no guarantees, but aren't you tired of being TOLD what you agree to? Try this on for size.

User Agreement Rider 1.0

This Rider amends any user agreement the user intends to amend. No signature is necessary, simply refer to User Agreement Rider 1.0 to invoke your rights to amend the agreement.

Regardless of the intentions of the conditions of any user agreement, we reject and refuse any agreement for any condition that:

Requires binding arbitration or restricts our right to litigate.
Limits our right to quote or make fair use of the content.
Claims ownership for any content that we contribute or collaborate on.
Requires us to indemnify, legally protect, or compensate the originator of the agreement for anything caused by or contributed to by the originator of the agreement.
Any other condition that restricts or violates our rights as described by the laws of the land where we live.
Any provision that appears after the 500th word of the agreement.
Any provision presented in less than 12 point font.
Any provision that attempts to void this rider.

That's it. That's the whole thing. If you'd like a pdf copy you can find one here.

Thanks for playing. Good luck.

P.S.

This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice you should consult an attorney.

Elipses...

I like eclipses...because that implies there is more to the story and that I don't know all of the answers because maybe (maybe!) the emerging nature of the universe (and certainly our perception...) allows new answers to form.

Maybe we can (do...?) try on new realities just for fun because (maybe...) there is no one permanent reality. (That is not to excuse ALL things or even to explain all things. It is to allow all things whatever is to be.)

"That's crazy talk."

"Yes. But, is it really?"

-- doug smith

Collage: An Afternoon Waltz

Collage: "An Afternoon Waltz" by Douglas Brent Smith, 12 November 1979

Sketches: Creative Play Sun Wings (Doubled)

Sketch by douglas brent smith - Creative Play Sun Wings

Accidentally doubled this image and then liked it so, here it is.

Sketches: Creativity Character Icon

Sketch by Douglas Brent Smith: Creativity Character Icon

Sketches: Creativity Cake or Pie?

Sketch by Douglas Brent Smith: "Creativity Cake or Pie?"

Collage: Circle Arrow Cut / Detail

Collage by douglas brent smith: Circle Arrow Cut / Detail

Push Against Your Limits

Creativity, like leadership, requires us to stretch. To be at our most creative we must grow. Since we are surrounded by limitations, that can cause some discomfort. Which boundaries should we cross? Which lines are mental and which are metal?

How do we create without getting hurt (or worse, hurting?)

I'm not sure. Maybe that's the wrong question. Maybe the question is -- what limits should we ignore today? What limits should we buck against and stretch?

If a limit is telling you that you are NOT creative -- ignore it.
If a limit is telling you that you cannot grow -- defy it.
If a limit is telling you that the world doesn't need your creativity -- laugh it off.

The world needs you. The world needs your creativity. The world needs you at your creative best.

The creative life pushes against limits.

Keep pushing.

-- doug smith