How to improve your creative imagination? Can Math Help you?
Anshoo Pandey
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Creative imagination is not just an active imagination. To be able to actively imagine things, to see and hear things your mind. Daydreaming, for example, is a process of imagination. It can consist of an elaborate fantasy world, but one full of all the things that many people think about.?
Creative imagination, then, has to include the ability not just to imagine things, but to imagine original things. It is seeing things that others don't see, and coming up with new ideas. So how do you cultivate this?
Creative Imagination
First, exercise your basic imagination. It can be as simple as thinking in pictures more, or listening to music in your mind. Play little "movies" in your mind, until you can watch them on command. This is a simple process, but for those of us that can't easily do it naturally, it can take a lot of practice. Fortunately, it is not an unpleasant activity.
The second part of developing your creative imagination is to get more creative in your thinking and imagining. Give more attention to your creativity. Our subconscious minds give us a lot more of what we pay attention to. By ignoring creative aspects of your life, you are telling your subconscious they are unimportant. On the other hand, if you note when you are creative, your subconscious mind will start feeding you more creative ideas.
Do you write? Try sitting on a roof to write. Want new ideas for your business? Take a notebook to the park and sit by the duck pond. A change of environment can get your thinking out of it's ruts.
Do not wait For Creative Imagination
Creative inspiration certainly can strike at any time, but it strikes more often when there is work instead of waiting. So if you want to come up with creative inventions, start mentally redesigning everything you see. Imagine a better car, a faster food delivery, or a better mattress. Continue this for 21 days. Now it will become your habit.
Of course, creative imagination goes beyond solving specific problems or inventing things. Truly creative minds are always coming up with the questions too, not just the solutions. If you want to be more creative all the time, focus on three things:?
A child might think that working just to not work is silly. Thinking from that perspective might give you ideas for how to make money doing things you enjoy. Seeing the world as a bear sees it might give a painter imaginative new ideas. Looking at things from a customer's perspective is a sure way to find creative improvements for a business. See everything from several perspectives.?
What if restaurants didn't have employees? Visitors pay a machine as they enter, feed themselves at a buffet, and everything is as automated as possible, so one owner-operator could run a large restaurant alone. Challenge all your assumptions for practice. Do you really have to pay rent? Do swimming pools need water? Can exercise be a bad thing?
Does a flying bed seem silly? It could lead to the concept of a helium mattress. When you get off it in the morning, it floats out of the way, up to the ceiling. Perfect for small apartments. Don't stifle your creativity. Relax, and let ideas come. You can always discard them later.
For these techniques to be a habitual part of your thinking, use them regularly. Since it takes several weeks to develop a habit, remind yourself to use them each day. Jot a few of your favorite techniques on a card and carry it with you. Look it over throughout the day and apply the techniques to anything. Soon, you'll have a more creative imagination.
How Does Math is connected to creative thinking?
Math is not just a subject, its a life skill. If you are good at math, you must be a very creative at other things also. This is also conversely true. That is, if you are creative enough, you must be good at math as well. Having fun with a math problem, thinking why before what of every math concept helps you develop your own math result. Thus math demands your creativity.
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2 年Don Quixote was a master of daydreaming and Mungerilal performed by Raghubir yadav was his competitor too...creativity is not limited to math only there are other expressions too...great post Anshoo!!!! ??