It's back - the daily creativity challenge! Are you up for it?
30 days, 30 themes. Open to anyone - students, faculty, friends, family, non-students - anyone who wants to exercise their creativity.
Since I won't be offering my Insight and Innovation Course this year, I am decoupling the creativity challenge and offering it on its own.
The themes will begin at 12 AM on 1 November 2014 and run through 30 November 2014.
You have until midnight (US Central time) of the next day to post a response to each theme.
The theme will automatically roll over from here on this blog to the Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Army-Baylor-Insight-and-Innovation-Course/530970987018824
Post your response in the comments to each theme announcement.
Can you hang? It sounds easy - trust me, it's not.
What counts as a response? Anything you want, as long as it's creative. Some days aren't going to be as good as others - that's when we Lower Our Standards! (Three cheers for lowering standards! Lowering our standards is a big theme in the creativity course. Get over it perfectionists.)
If you complete all 30 days on time, I will give you a prize (it's small and nominal, but it's still a prize).
What do I mean by a theme? A theme will usually be a word or words, which you will then interpret by taking a picture, writing a poem, writing a reflection, making a sculpture (which you would then take a picture of and post).
For more examples, scroll through this blog to see prior year themes and responses.
Creativity is a habit. You can make yourself more creative by exercising your creative muscles. But you have to exercise those muscles. No one got stronger or faster by waiting for their muse to come pick them up and take them to the gym.
True innovation comes from finding new and better ways to do things with the materials and resources you already have - this is the key lesson from our study of economic growth.
So... Get thee to your camera/keyboard/work shop! Get ready to be creative!
Questions?
post in the comments below, or e-mail me: markbonica@hotmail.com
30 days, 30 themes. Open to anyone - students, faculty, friends, family, non-students - anyone who wants to exercise their creativity.
Since I won't be offering my Insight and Innovation Course this year, I am decoupling the creativity challenge and offering it on its own.
The themes will begin at 12 AM on 1 November 2014 and run through 30 November 2014.
You have until midnight (US Central time) of the next day to post a response to each theme.
The theme will automatically roll over from here on this blog to the Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Army-Baylor-Insight-and-Innovation-Course/530970987018824
Post your response in the comments to each theme announcement.
Can you hang? It sounds easy - trust me, it's not.
What counts as a response? Anything you want, as long as it's creative. Some days aren't going to be as good as others - that's when we Lower Our Standards! (Three cheers for lowering standards! Lowering our standards is a big theme in the creativity course. Get over it perfectionists.)
If you complete all 30 days on time, I will give you a prize (it's small and nominal, but it's still a prize).
What do I mean by a theme? A theme will usually be a word or words, which you will then interpret by taking a picture, writing a poem, writing a reflection, making a sculpture (which you would then take a picture of and post).
Example theme: "Three"
Response: take a picture of three of something; write a haiku (3 line poem); reflect on the 3 best things that ever happened to you (or worst, whatever); paint a picture with three of something in it; illuminate the number three; etc. be creative - the key is to do something!
For more examples, scroll through this blog to see prior year themes and responses.
Creativity is a habit. You can make yourself more creative by exercising your creative muscles. But you have to exercise those muscles. No one got stronger or faster by waiting for their muse to come pick them up and take them to the gym.
True innovation comes from finding new and better ways to do things with the materials and resources you already have - this is the key lesson from our study of economic growth.
So... Get thee to your camera/keyboard/work shop! Get ready to be creative!
Questions?
post in the comments below, or e-mail me: markbonica@hotmail.com
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ReplyDeleteHow does one post when the time comes? I'm not seeing an 'add post' or anything to that effect; does it only become available for the day's theme?
ReplyDeleteI see in the post that it says to post your response in the comments, but I don't see how to add a picture to this comment box; I'm not sure that I'm looking at the right thing.
ReplyDeleteI'd like people to load their submissions on the Facebook page. It's easier for everyone to see them that way. Here you won't be able to upload pictures.
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