Comments on: Spark Your Creativity by Thinking INSIDE the Box

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By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:26:29 +0000

Could it be that thinking inside the box as is portrayed here is actually thinking outside the box? The reason I ask is because for me the first exercise was easier but that’s only because I can go with whatever comes to mind – which is usually something within my box that i’m familiar with or have been wondering about. If I’m forced to think about one particular thing, it’s not likely already in my box and requires considerably more energy – 30 seconds isn’t enough. So maybe I’m inside the box and the rest of you that think you’re inside are actually outside.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:13:54 +0000

I seriously thnk some people’s minds work differently. After reading the comments I AM the only one. Whatever.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:59:56 +0000

And btw, the 3rd exercise had way too much information and I didn’t even try. I’m not insulting anyone, but I was already swamped with too much information on the 2nd exercise, and there’s no way that the 3rd was going to be acceptable. Anyway, I feel all alone on this.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:48:39 +0000

For example, lets say your mind has been on fishing, lately. Now, you step into a room and a man asks you to come up with a story about two businessmen. You sit and have to think about it because you’re not familiar with the business world and also because your thought process is on fishing not on business.

So… this same person walks into a room and a man asks you to come up with a story, any story. So you write a story about fishing that involves two fisherman that get caught in a storm and survive but lose their trophy fish. Since your mind was already on fishing, it was easy to write.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:44:00 +0000

I think the reason the first one was much easier for me was because the freedom to make any story made use of the fact that my mind can focus on a million different things at any single point. If I have to focus one one thing, as opposed to whatever comes to mind, i have to mentally force it and it’s not natural for me to do that. I don’t know, but I do know that we’re not all the same and you should never assume we’re. Sometimes you have to let people be themselves.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:40:05 +0000

I must be the first person that had more luck with the first one than the second one. The first story wasn’t much of a story, didn’t really have a theme, but it had a beginning and an end. When the conditions were refined the second time around, I went 30 seconds without a beginning or an end or an idea what was going on. So I don’t know about you or others that have done this, but for me the second one drew a blank but the first one didn’t.