Comments on: Push Yourself to Breakthrough Thinking http://www.wunderlin.com/blog/2008/11/30/push-yourself-to-breakthrough-thinking/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Debbie http://www.wunderlin.com/blog/2008/11/30/push-yourself-to-breakthrough-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Debbie Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:51:23 +0000 http://www.wunderlin.com/?p=220#comment-75 Karen, a couple of years ago you published an enews all about creativity. In it, you mentioned one of my all-time favorite books: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life, by Twyla Tharp (one of America’s greatest choreographers). In her book, she gives a number of tips for cultivating creativity. One of my favorites is: Scratch for the Small Idea. She claims that big ideas are all around you, but when you can’t wait for the thunderbolt to hit you, you must scratch for a small idea. She recommends the following ways to scratch for that small idea -- reading, everyday conversation, people's handiwork, mentors and heroes, and nature. She claims these activities all are lottery tickets for creativity. "Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.” Karen, a couple of years ago you published an enews all about creativity. In it, you mentioned one of my all-time favorite books: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life, by Twyla Tharp (one of America’s greatest choreographers). In her book, she gives a number of tips for cultivating creativity.

One of my favorites is: Scratch for the Small Idea. She claims that big ideas are all around you, but when you can’t wait for the thunderbolt to hit you, you must scratch for a small idea. She recommends the following ways to scratch for that small idea — reading, everyday conversation, people’s handiwork, mentors and heroes, and nature. She claims these activities all are lottery tickets for creativity. “Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.”

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