Ideas To Spark Creative Thinking
People seem to have the misconception that only a select few are able to unleash a steady flow of creative genius. The fact is, creativity is very much like a muscle that needs to be exercised in order to consistently give out great results. If you don't practice harnessing creative thinking, creative abilities will atrophy.
Yet the consistent creativity practice is maybe not something you WORK at, but rather surrender yourself to, make time for, or simply just ALLOW.
Creativity Loves Solitude

So how do you unleash your creative thinking?
For one thing, creativity LOVES solitude. Provide yourself some quiet creative time regularly. "It can first fit into the cracks of your life, and as you nurture it, it will expand into a glorious interior garden." SARK
Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
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Ideas to Spark Creative Thinking from SARK
Here's just a few gems from SARK about being creatively ALIVE!!!
- Alter your routine as much as possible and make some 'mistakes'.
- Read the newspaper backwards.
- Break a dish you never liked.
- Refuse to sit still for negative thinking.
- hang out with a young kid for an afternoon and play with crayons, swing on swings ...
- Take a hot bath and a nap and let it all soak in.
- Draw or doodle for a couple of minutes each day, maybe in a journal or blank book. Write in it, too...anything...captions, quotes, funny words...just whatever comes to mind.
- Grab a camera and take some pictures...of people, places, architecture...whatever. Then play with them using some of the free photos tools below and see what you come up with, just for fun.
Magic Cottage

Where will you BE in your home when you are practicing creative thinking? Create a comfy space with lots of books, journals, colored markers and such...whatever you enjoy playing creatively with...and maybe refer to that as your magic cottage.
ALLOW for Creative Thinking
Turn down the noise and just BE
Sound like work? Heck no...in fact most people find that their most creative ideas appear when either on vacation or in a very relaxed state. Yet the problem for many of us is that we don't ALLOW that relaxed state very often, we stay to busy, to regimented with schedules, clocks and more to let creativity happen. Turn off the screens and the noise, listen to pleasant music and just doodle.
Daily Exercise
Helping you to focus

Find a few minutes daily to allow focus on a creative activity. Even doodling is a creative activity. Don't let anything hinder you. Mindlessness may not seem be a creative activity, yet a needed release for people who are just starting to unleash a little bit of creative thinking in their lives.
Another cool idea is to write by describing something with your five senses. Try to avoid vague adjectives like "marvelous," "amazing," and "delicious." Before you know it, you'll have built yourself a tiny portfolio, and you'll be amazed at the growth you've undertaken after amassing all those works of art. Who knows, you might actually take to liking those things you do everyday. Pretty soon those things will become a part of you and you'll be addicted to these creative exercises.
A Favorite Creative Thinking Book : AWE-MANAC!
The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder
"I love this energizing, inspiring, feisty companion of a book! The Awe-Manac is brilliantly escorting me through my creative days (and nights)" SARK
The illustrations entice your imagination to fly. There's also a lot of Starter Fluid ideas for creativity prompts .. the WD-40 that helps you get unstuck from creative blocks. The Awe-manac has at least one journal prompt for everyday of the year, a creativity crash course and an aha-phrodisiac bottle (as in like rub the magic bottle and a creative genie comes out ... AHA!) One book, one activity, one day...is not enough. This book provides creative thinking starter fluid for an entire year! Perfect!
Vision + Imagination = Creativity
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Life Focusing Quote
While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. -Bo Bennett
Think Outside the Box
Think Outside the Box
Broadening your horizons
Try something NEW! Let your experiences broaden your perspective. It doesn't HAVE to be as daring as bungee-jumping (though why not?) ... maybe just explore a new area. Go to a museum or a park. Take an art class. Open up to the creative people around you. As you thrust yourself out of your comfort zone more and more each day, your sense of adventure grows and so does your zest for life. Think about it. When was the last time you did something for the first time? If it's been a while, I tell you, you've been missing out on a whole lot of experiences that could have added to your growth, emotionally, mentally, physically, or spiritually. Not only will you learn, but you will also have plenty of stories to share, enabling you to practice your storytelling skills and making you the life of the party.
Going On An Adventure
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Life Quotes
We can all use some encouragement
Sparking Curiosity Quote
There are two sorts of curiosity -- the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things. -Robert Lynd
Why be normal?
Embrace insanity. As John Russell once said,
"Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting."
Every creative thought was once deemed insanity by other "normal" people at one time or another. Luckily, that didn't stop the creative geniuses from standing by them. The thing is, sanity or being normal confines people to think...well, normally. Creativity is essentially breaking through barriers. Yes, this may include the bizarre and the downright strange, and I'm certainly not saying that you must develop a creative personality, simply consider the alternative if you don't. An example of a creative personality would be George Washington, who often rode into battle naked, or James Joyce, who wrote "Dubliners" with beetle juice due to an intense fear of ink, or Albert Einstein, who thought his cat was a spy or arch nemesis sent by his rival. Find a balance to ALLOW allow your creativity yet not get you detached from the real world completely.
Daring To Be A Little Different
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What's Twittering about Creative Thinking?
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- RykeeTigres
- Been writing stories. Feeling rather creative today. Or thoughtful. Or over thinking.
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- carolynedgar
- Sadly, I'm thinking trader or lawyer for the girl. She's too mercenary for any academic or creative pursuits.
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- DougBench
- Ask the right questions. Wrong answers don't shut down your brain's process of creative thinking, wrong questions do.
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- urban_gypsy
- @TheresaIkard Now that's creative thinking! I like that idea. @TwistedMonk, can you work on that one for me.
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- designdirectory
- Beyond Creative Thinking http://dexigner.com/d14340 #design
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About this creative thinking author...
I've always enjoyed creative thinking of many kinds, from art and whimsical crafts, to decorating and creative writing, and even wacky inventions. Once I used to teach creative thinking to young talented kids, and it was one of my favorite memories as a teacher.
Lensmaster crosscreations has been a member since March 28 2006, has rated 335 lenses, favorited 49, and has created 51 lenses from scratch. Carolan Ross donates their royalties to A Day of Hope. This member's top-ranked page is "Healing Art with SARK". See all my lenses
Creative Thinking Comments!
I hope this page has inspired you to start thinking beyond your "limits."
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- SherryHolderHunt SherryHolderHunt Oct 20, 2009 @ 11:07 am
- wow, the next time I feel empty I know where I'll come to get re-charged, Thank you!
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- boshemia boshemia Jan 8, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
- What a fun idea for a lens! I hear people say "but I'm not creative" frequently. I believe everyone is born with creativity many of us just lose it as adulthood comes around. This is why I will never grow up!!!
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- HomeTowne_Market HomeTowne_Market Dec 25, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
- Great lens - Such a talent you have. Gotta love the power of creative thinking!!!
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- vbright105 vbright105 Dec 25, 2008 @ 11:46 am
- How wonderful! Thanks!
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- Thyme2dream Thyme2dream Nov 19, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
- Wow, a very good list of creativity starters and some great points here..I love this lens:)
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Unleash Your Creative Thinking
Index
- Creativity Loves Solitude
- Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
- Ideas to Spark Creative Thinking from SARK
- Magic Cottage
- ALLOW for Creative Thinking
- Daily Exercise
- A Favorite Creative Thinking Book : AWE-MANAC!
- Vision + Imagination = Creativity
- Being Creative
- Creative Thinking Resources
- Life Focusing Quote
- Think Outside the Box
- Think Outside the Box
- Going On An Adventure
- Life Quotes
- Sparking Curiosity Quote
- Why be normal?
- Daring To Be A Little Different
- Surround Yourself With Creativity
- It Is Okay To Be Different
- What's Twittering about Creative Thinking?
- Creative Thinking Success Program
- More Creative Thinking Pages
- About this creative thinking author...
- Creative Thinking Comments!
