[Assam] Creativity 101

[Chan Mahanta]

I am most impressed by people who  have the ability to see the light, 
even if it smacks of "bhutor mukhot raam-naam" :-)














At 6:03 AM -0700 8/29/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
>One more addition to the ORs ---
>
>>Characteristics of the Creative Person
>>optimistic
>
>dedicated to those who are always pessimistic about
>India :)
>
>BTW,  we seem to be losing focus already
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>>In adults, creativity has too often been suppressed
>through
>education, but it is still
>	>there and can be reawakened.
>
>	OR
>
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>	>It can't be done. This attitude is, in effect,
>surrendering
>before the battle.
>	>By assuming that something cannot be done or a
>problem
>cannot be solved, a person
>	>gives the problem a power or strength it didn't have
>before.
>And giving up before
>	>starting is, of course, self fulfilling.
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>	OR
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>	> Definition: a problem is (1) seeing the difference
>between
>what you have and what
>	>you want or (2) recognizing or believing that there
>i
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>	OR
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>	>The curious person's questioning attitude toward
>life is a
>positive one, not a destructive
>	>one reflecting skepticism or negativism.
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>	OR
>
>	>"Hey, I know a way to make that better."
>Constructive
>discontent is necessary for a
>	>creative problem solver, for if you are happy with
>everything the way it is, you won't
>	>want to change anything. Only when you become
>discontent
>with something, when
>	 >you see a problem, will you want to solve the
>problem and
>improve the situation.
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