This document discusses the relationship between chaos and creativity from a philosophical and scientific perspective. It explores the different classes of chaos, from the universal "nothing" that contained infinite potential before the creation of the universe, to the personal chaos within an individual. True randomness is argued to only occur before the beginning, while chaos theory suggests that even small influences can have complex and unpredictable effects. The principle of uncertainty in quantum physics is also summarized, indicating events cannot be fully determined until they are observed. Overall, the document analyzes how chaos relates to creativity through its inherent randomness, unpredictability and infinite possibilities.
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9. The fo undation has
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10. But there’s
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11. Question:
u co me u p w it h
Ho w do yo
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12. W hat is Creativity a
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does it work?
Question:
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13. E lements of
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deviation
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14. E lements of
Creativity quality
problem-
so lving
conne
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quantity
ideation action
orig inality
deviation inno vation
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15. Elements of
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conne
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where the
mag ic happens
deviation
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16. Elements of
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deviation
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connection glue
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17. Elements of
Creativity
deviation configure
synthesis phase
skew
connection connect
glue analysis phase
action explo de
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18. Again, all of this has
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19. Question:
W hat is a creative
person mos t af rai d of?
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20. Nothing
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lock the fear
uninspire d mental barriers
inertia i dealess
Nothing
tabula rasa emptiness
b lank o ut creative cons tipation
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22. “What if I run out
of ideas?”
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23. The Purpose
to explore the
relat ionship between
ch aos & creativity
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24. Classes of
C haos
Universal
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25. Classes of
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External
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26. Classes of
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External
Universal
Personal
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27. Part One
Universal Chaos
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28. In the beginning,
there was…
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29. Nothing
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30. linguists define chaos as
disorder and confusion
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31. But…
Scientis ts call chaos
for m less primord ial
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32. The G reeks calle d
th is the vo i d,
or khaos
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33. Chaos
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34. Universal Chaos
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35. It is the Nothing
before the creation
of the Universe
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36. Randomness
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37. True randomness
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38. Just ask most
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39. Just ask most
computers
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40. They don’t pull a
random number
out of a hat
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41. They always
start with a ‘seed’
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42. A ‘seed’ allows them
to base a new number
off of an existing
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43. The system is
so complex that
it is perceived as
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44. Usually a computer
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45. in milliseconds
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46. It uses this seed
number to create a
‘random’ number
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47. But…
Is that really
random?
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48. This brings us to
another definition
of chaos
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49. “Unpredictable
behavior so sensitive
to changes and
conditions that it
appears random”
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50. You probably know
this as Chaos Theory
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51. Also known as
The Butterfly Effect
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52. Chaos Theory
ponders a world
so complex…
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53. that the beat of a
butterfly wing
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54. can cause small and
increasingly complex
changes in weather
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56. Chaos Theory
infers that
the Universe
was determined
from the spark
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57. Once things are
set in motion,
everything is on
a set path
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58. True Randomness
only occurs before
the beginning
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59. Randomness
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60. Chaos is rando m,
Luck i s deter mine d.
G’mork Falcor
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61. Randomness
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=Chaos
≠Luck
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62. Uncertainty
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63. Wait!
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64. Don’t be all
about the
Universe being
pre-determined
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65. “Quantum physics
indicates that
uncertainty is an
inherent feature of
the physical world.”
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66. That’s how
scientists say:
“Shit happens”
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67. Werner Heisenberg
called this the
Uncertainty
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68. You cannot even
measure the precise
location & momentum
of a given particle
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69. You either know
exactly where you are
but have no idea how
fast you are going
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70. Or you know exactly
how fast you are going
but have no idea
where you are
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71. The act of
observation affects
the outcome
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72. Any given particle
could be anywhere
in the Universe until
it is ‘needed’ or
observed
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73. Gr r r r!
Einstein hated this!
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74. “I like to
believe that
the moon is
still there even
if we don’t look
at it.”
-Albert Eins tein
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75. But even Einstein
couldn’t disprove it
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76. This means nothing
can be determined
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77. But anything
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78. So when you are
staring at this:
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79. Nothing
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80. How do you summon
the power to recreate
the Universe?
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81. How do you
break inertia?
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82. How do you distill
the infinite?
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83. With…
Something
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84. With…
A cataclysmic
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85. With…
A leap from
Nothing
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86. With…
A Big Bang
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87. With…
A ‘let there
be light’
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88. Title goes here
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89. o r t h is
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90. when really it
lo oke d more
like this
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91. It to ok a full three
minutes b efore the Universe
was c o o l eno ug h for lig ht
to shine
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92. So take a
mo ment. than
leap into…
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93. Action
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94. Universal Chaos is
infinite possibility
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95. But…
Getting from
Nothing to Something
requires considerable
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96. u w is h to make
If yo cratch,
pple pie f ro m s
an a invent
yo u mu s t firs t
the u niverse
-Car l Sagan
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97. Even now the Universe
consists of mostly
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98. 99.9% empty!
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99. If you removed
the empty space
from the atoms
that make up all
humans on
the planet,
then you
could fit all
6 billion of
us inside a
single apple.
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100. Creation
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101. It’s no coincidence
that it’s called an
Act of Creation
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102. Getting past the inertia
of absolute chaos is the
crux of Creation
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103. It requires you to act
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104. Creation is the act of
bringing Something
into existence
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105. This act used to be
reserved only for
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106. But now
we have
computers
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107. Do
-Maira Kalman
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108. Something
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109. Inbetween Binary
moving from zero to one
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110. Creativity is…
“Jumping that
gap between
zero and one”
-Ze Frank
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111. chaos order
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112. chaos order
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114. action
creation
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115. action
creation
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nothing something
infinite singular
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116. E lements of
Creativity
deviation
skew
connection glue
action Universal
do Chaos
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117. Presentation Stream:
Before I knew what this was going to become, I wrote:
This initial stream
of consciousness
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118. Presentation Stream:
Before I knew what this was going to become, I wrote:
"Unexpected life events, miracles, tragedies,
random occurrences, freak accidents,
remembered dreams, screw-ups, messes,
falling leaves, falling in love, craziness,
evolution, madness, traffic snarls, boredom,
depression, lottery winnings, overdoses,
auditory elation, media fixation, crashes,
television snow, soft wind, shutter clicks,
bliss, refracted sunlight… how does
creativity respond to chaos?How can chaos
be channelled to make your work/art better?
Jason Theodor has a few crazy ideas."
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119. Creative Methods
tools for ACTION
Streaming Th e Law of 1%
10 Ideas in
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120. Part Two
External Chaos
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121. Disorder imposes
itself on our lives
constantly
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122. All kinds of stuff
happens to us:
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123. War
Death
Famine
Disease
Accidents
Disasters
and other
Beautiful
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124. Why do bad
things happen to
good people?
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125. I don’t know
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126. But it makes us
more creative
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127. Extinction
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129. The Apocalypse
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130. Famine War
Death
Pe s tilence
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131. My Little Pony?
Famine War
Death
Pe s tilence
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132. Pes tilence
Death Pony
Pony
Famine
Pony War Pony
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134. M.A.D.
(mutual assured
destruction)
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136. re member
w hen Mel
Gi bson was
co o l?
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139. Global Warming
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140. Bes t.
Inconvenient
PowerPoint.
Ever.
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142. Tsunamis
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145. Spanish Civil War
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146. beg ets:
Guernica
by Pablo Picasso
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149. Car Accident
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150. creates:
Quadrapalegic
cartoonist, painter,
musician
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151. John Callahan
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152. ces
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154. ALS
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155. creates:
World famous
theoretical
astrophysicist
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age 21 at
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157. Dr. Stephen Hawking
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158. Dr. Hawking now
conce des that time
travel is a scientific
possibility
This may
explain how he
has live d to be
68 so far…
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160. Hawking
has been on
Star Trek
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161. There are fake
MC Hawk ing rap
albums and
fake ads
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162. Connection
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163. External Chaos
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164. On External C haos:
“The deeper that
sorrow carves
into your being,
the more joy you
can contain.”
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165. It bonds us
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166. It gives us
something to
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connect to each
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167. Personally,
culturally,
globally.
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168. It gives Creativity
a point of reference
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169. subtitle goes here
There’s a
reason over
half*of all
literature,
movies,
television,
etc. are
tragedies
* This is a completely made up statistic, but
I’m sure it is true to some measure…
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170. Elements of
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deviation
skew
External
connection glue Chaos
action
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171. My Own External Chaos
While creating this presentation I:
quit my job
went to multiple interviews
created and presented a separate lecture
interviewed bathroom contractors
picked tile and tub designs
worked on 2 creative pitches
dealt with a family illness
flew 7hrs in a plane with no power outlets
lost my notebooks in transit
no internet at the hotel for first day
recovering from a cold
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172. Creative Methods
tools for CONNECTION
C onnect the
C ontent on Tho ug hts
Content
Th ro ug h the
Lo oki ng Glass
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173. Part Three
Personal Chaos
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174. So metimes the
lo u des t chaos
is insi de yo ur
own head
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175. Doubt
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176. what if
i’m not any
go o d?
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177. Yo u
are not a
beautiful
and unique
snowflake!
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178. Fro m “ Tribes”
If I had written a
boring book, there’d
be no criticism. No
conversation. Ask
yourself how you can
create something that
the critics will criticize?
-Seth Godin
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179. Fear
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180. what if i
run o ut of
i deas?!
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181. Nothing
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182. Demons
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183. Most artists struggle.
Some struggle with
more than just art.
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184. Famous LiteraryDrunks & Addicts from LIFE
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185. Some artists
feed and
strengthen
their demons
while other
artis ts tr y
to s tar ve
them.
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186. Distraction
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187. Title goes here All
subtitle goes here media is
available
to us
every-
where
at all
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188. IMs
texts
emails
phone calls
status updates
requests
tweets
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189. MULTITASKING Getting everything done. Badly.
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190. Some-
times you
need to shut
it out and
shut it
off
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192. Tr y
turning
off the
internet
for one
ho ur
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193. Make yourself a
creative space free
of distractions
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194. Making yo ur own
Noise
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195. DJ Earworm
25 Songs at a time: Billboard’s Top 25 in 1 Mix
The Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW • Lady Gaga - POKER FACE
• Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis - JUST DANCE • The Black
Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING • Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY • Flo
Rida - RIGHT ROUND • Jason Mraz - I’M YOURS • Beyonce - SINGLE
LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) • Kanye West - HEARTLESS • The All-
American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL • Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG
WITH ME • T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE • The
Fray - YOU FOUND ME • Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY • Keri Hilson
Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN • Jamie Foxx
Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT • Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME
(CALLE OCHO) • T.I. Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE • Soulja
Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE • Jay Sean
Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN • Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB • Drake -
BEST I EVER HAD • Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT
YOU • Beyonce - HALO • Katy Perry - HOT N COLD
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197. Procrastination
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198. We often get in
the way of our own
creative pursuits
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199. Steven
Pressfield
calls this
Resis tance
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200. Creative people
will always need
more time
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201. Give yourself
deadlines to put
the pressure on
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202. To uché
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203. Give yourself a
routine to make
creative pursuits a
part of your every day
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204. Ben
“C Note”
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205. Excuses
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206. The Dog Ate My
Creativity
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207. I don’t have time I’m not good
enough yet
I have ki d
I don’t have the s
rig ht equipment It’s to o late
Never make excuses
I’m not ready I don’t make
eno ug h money
I w ant it to be
erfect firs t I’m to o busy
p
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208. Excuses are for people
who are not in control
of their own destiny
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209. Excuses are
un-reasons
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210. Quirks
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211. Stop wondering
how other people
see your art
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212. and
Start wondering
what your art
looks like
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213. Celebrate what
makes you different
because that is
what makes you
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214. (Just try not to get
sued by George Lucas
along the way)
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215. Deviation
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216. Personal Chaos
defines & challenges
your unique voice
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217. My Own Personal Chaos
Questions I asked myself constantly before presenting:
Will I finish this on time?
Will anyone find this as interesting as I do?
Couldn’t slide x have a better image?
Will people notice how badly designed this is?
Is there too much text?
Are there too many slides?
Will I sweat too much on stage?
Is this even interesting?
Is it too short/too long?
Does this even make sense?
Will it all come together, or fall apart?
Will the audience laugh?
Will the equipment work?
Do I really know what I’m talking about?
Will anyone show up without being paid?
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218. Creative Methods
for DEVIATION
Tangento metr y
Misassocia-
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219. Elements of
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Personal
deviation Chaos
skew
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220. In
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221. Chaos can be
good for you
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222. Universal Chaos
gives you infinite
potential
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223. External Chaos
gives you some
humanity
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224. Personal Chaos
gives you character
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225. 1. Jump the Gap
2. Suffer Gladly
3. Find Your Voice
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226. Life is pr etty simple:
o u do so me s tuff. Mos t
Y
fails. S o me works.
Yo u do mo re of what
works. If i t works big,
ers quick ly c opy it. Then
oth
yo u do so me thing else.
The trick is the
doing something else.
om Peters
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227. Credits
in no rational order
"Milky Way from Apollo Bay" (detail) "Smoking gun" (detail) Stormtrooper performed by Courtney Cruz
Flickr photo by ccdoh1 Flickr photo by daliborlev [too cold to shoot] photo by Shannon Cottrell
"Can Do" (detail) "Tyler Durden" (detail) "The Dark Blue Bird" (detail)
From “And the Pursuit of Happiness” by Mark Brooks by Edward Lear (1812-88). Ink &
Opinion series for The New York Times watercolour, one of six. England, 1880.
by Maira Kalman
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228. Credits
in no perceivable order
"Guernica" (detail) "Picasso’s Guernica in 3D" (detail) "Dinosaurs" (detail)
by Pablo Picasso by Lena Gieseke, July 2008 by Eye4pie, 2009
"Proto Tools" "Mind the Gap" (detail) "United State of Pop 2009" (mp3)
flickr photo by Usonian flickr photo by Andy Wilkes DJ Earworm
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