There is indeed a common trait in the typical way creative thinkers approach challenges: They can comfortably hold opposing thoughts in their heads and get to work. At times, this trait can be misconstrued as “the magic of creativity” and especially in the design field I frown when I hear that label because it reveals a preconception that designers are industrial artists that purely rely on their intuition to give shape to their solutions. Not so.
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The Truth: Creativity Comes From Blending Dissonant Goals Into Radical Harmony
Collaboration vs Solitude isn’t the dichotomy that seems to have been the de jour talk over the last two weeks. Any form of work takes multiple methods to get to an end. The real challenge is how ideas are communicated no matter how ideation happens.
(via krislane)
