Gym exercises
Exercise I

"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation."
Voltaire

Contains exercises using senses:
  • Perspective - using devices for fresh perspective
  • Observation - paying more attention can reap rewards
  • Questioning - we have stopped asking the 'silly' question - start again!
  • Attention - a passage from Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (p138)

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    Exercise II
    		 Contains 'making the connection' type exercises and interpreting visual images
  • Triplets - find the conncting word
  • Picture Puzzles - what does the visual image mean?

    • Exercise III
    		 Contains making the connection type exercises and interpreting visual images
  • Unrelated Stimuli - practise using seemingly unrelated words, images ro find new solutions
  • What iffing (Michael Michalko) - using questions to direct your imagination towards a specific goal.
  • Metaphor - linking different worlds for a new perspective
  • Mirror - a simple reflector which allows you to dig into a situation


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