Food for Thought

A few thoughts on…
A body of work
Sketchbooks
Blogs
Seeking influence
& the creative process

Creative growth

Feeding your brain
Copying

Divergent thinking
– Broadening your thinking
The Creative process

Convergent thinking
– Focusing your thinking
The Design process

Mick Marston

Triangulating between;

Your ideas

 The world         Your work

James Joyce

Edward Hopper

Bruce Mau
Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
http://www.brucemaudesign.com

“5. Go deep.
The deeper you go the more likely you will discover something of value.
33. Take field trips.
The bandwidth of the world is greater than that of your TV set, or the Internet, or even a totally immersive, interactive, dynamically rendered, object-oriented, real-time, computer graphic– simulated environment.”

Helen Chadwick Wreaths to Pleasure,
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Miro, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Leeds Zine Fair, Sunday 4 November, Wharfe Chambers, Leeds

Manchester
Sheffield
Saltaire
Bradford
Liverpool

“23. Stand on someone’s shoulders.
You can travel farther carried on the accomplishments of those who came before you.And the view is so much better.”

Triangulating between;

Your ideas
Thoughts / notions
Questions / problems

The world                               Your work
Context                                        Making stuff
Influence                                     Sketchbooks

“15. Ask stupid questions.
Growth is fueled by desire and innocence. Assess the answer, not the question. Imagine learning throughout your life at the rate of an infant.”