There will always come a time that we will loose new ideas to write an article.As what I had read before in a book "creativity is mental muscle".It is not enough that we can accumulate knowledge . We must put it into practical use, and then utilize to create new ideas.
The heart of new ideas lies in the borrowing,adding, combining or modifying of old ones. Do it by accident and people will call you lucky .Do it by design and they'll call you creative. All of us have the ability to create ideas at will. The problem is to understand and utilize the processes that allow us to it most efficiently and effectively. Think of our creative abilities as mental muscle. To get most from this muscle, you must exercise it, strengthen it, and visualize it's capacity to work for you.
We can use this to have new ideas:
First insight. We have a problem and we want to solve or an activity we want to do. This is the initial desire to create. This is an example of first insight.
Preparation. we investigate all the possible ways which this idea can be developed. Get as much information as you can about the subject,read,take notes, talk to others,ask questions,collect information. Be receptive to your own sense. Picasso come from all over the place,from the sky,from the earth,from the scrap of paper, from a passing shape."From a spider web." These ideas from a springboard for launching our own imaginations.
Now let our subconscious take over.Take a walk, take a nap, take a bath, work on another project or hobby,sleep on it.
This is the climax of the creative process.An insight pops into the mind,and suddenly everything falls into place.
Intellect and judgement are brought into play, and your hunches and inspirations are logically confirmed or denied. You back off and look at your ideas as objectively as possible. We solicit the opinion of others. You revise your good ideas to make them better,and often come up with new and better insights in the process. Creative people generally show as spirit of intellectual playfulness.All of us can enhance our own idea producing capabilities by adopting a similar attitude-hang loose,avoid being too careful,think of creativity as fun even though the results of the fun may be serious.
Whenever you have a good idea, write it down, Then , when you get ready to start some serious imagineering ,you'll have a number of previous ideas to get you started.Make time work for you,much of our daily living consists of routine that requires little or no mental effort. Why not put time to creative use? Wasted moments can be turned into productive ones.Most important, withhold judgement when you came up with new ideas,else you maybe doing the equivalent of stepping hard on the accelerator at the same time as you apply the brakes. Apply critical judgement only after you have come up with as may new ideas as you can.Accept that your ideas are worthwhile until they have been approved otherwise.
Remember, almost every innovation came about because a determined person stubbornly believed in his or her imagination. Trust yourself.
