Eight Essentials for a Creative Life. 1. flexibility 2. the ability to play 3. sensitivity to beauty 4. openness to experience 5. a willingness to be confused 6. an internal locus of evaluation 7. an inclination to let curiosity lead the way 8. the ability to hold opposing ideas in mind at the same time [ Read more … ]
carl rogers
Inspiration from Project Runway
When I was 14, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I sketched some designs (which I thought were marvelous), and sent them off to a design contest that was advertised in the back of my Teen magazine. I never heard from them, and therefore I decided that I must not have any talent for [ Read more … ]
Constructive Creativity
In his book On Becoming a Person, Carl Rogers wrote the following set of conditions for “constructive creativity” (rather than destructive creativity.) BTW, Carl Rogers is considered one of the founders of Humanistic Psychology… 1) Openness to experience, which he called “extensionality.” This is the opposite of psychological defensiveness and it implies a tolerance for [ Read more … ]
