How could a person generate creative ideas?
Generating creative ideas is the most important step in the process of making a whole creative project.
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- it is a saying necessity is the mother of inventions so if you need to solve a problem think how to solve ideas will naturally be created.try searching the net you will get many ideas modify them and then steadily you will generate creative ideas
- Nice question: it is very difficult to answer but I studied the guide lines to do so,, U need to have first the basic knowledge about the problem, have to know different similar problems and solutions, with the basic knowledge of the idea ,,, u can conclude a new result,,,that is not that easy for more than one reason; Conscious and Subconscious: Conscious is like the operating system, in human: (like the windows in PC) the conscious always extracts the information, desires, and knowledge stored in the subconscious (like the hard disc in the PC) then filter and organize them to be accepted in the society based on rules, law, knowledge and the believes of the individual The conscious sometimes is a real obstacle to have a creative idea,, as it limits the extract of ur imaginative thoughts restrected by tradition or rules,, and sometimes it is so occupied with other things that it can not really help extracting the needed information for an idea,, They found that u can improve ur conscious doing that by training, but the best thing is to escape the limits put by it and that happens only in three cases: Before going to sleep and when u wake up within 45 minutes,, so the best time to think about any idea is before u go to sleep..as ur subconscious will be working all night without the control of concious,,in the morning; u will have a better ideas and solutions,, Drugs and alcohol have the same effect in the conscious (but they have very bad effects in the health generally, so I am not calling to use them) but the fact that most of the creative idea were done by artists while they were stoned is not negotiable (that is why they use it a lot)... The good dietary also helps to activate the memory : melatonin is great for memory,,,(safe and it is overshelf supplement)..But all the melatonin of the world will not do anything if u do not have the most import thing: the basic information to create the idea...
- let your mind wander,imagine the impossible,inspire from your dreams,ideas,thoughts and anything
- Brainstorm. Just sit down with a blank piece of paper and write down as many ideas as you can. The important this is to turn of the inner critic and not judge the ideas as they come. It sometimes helps to put a time limit, say fifteen minutes or so, and just write down what comes. Also, try to control your environment. Find a place with no distractions so you can work on the problem. Or, conversely, go someplace that is inspiring to you, like out in nature or such. Research what other people have done. Sometimes, hearing how other people have solved problems or seen what they have come up with or created can start your own ideas. For instance, if you want to make a sculpture, go to a museum and look at other people's sculptures.
- all the above are good, it can also help to go from a period of brainstorm to meditation as this forces the brain to change gear which can open up new avenues.
- Hmm to be honest I think it is not the most important step. It is part of the process, all things are important. Like the fact of gaining knowledge. You can compare this with a sportsmen. They have to train and do warming up before a game, and the game is just part of the process of being a sportsmen. The game is a milestone to work too. This is the same with idea generating, you will need knowledge on the subject before being able to begin. You have to warm up your brain. But after the brainstorm session, you have ideas, but it is a whole process to get to a product that can be used.
