tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039596132088042632.post8893174756376034235..comments2016-08-19T05:50:07.245+09:00Comments on Terophoto: On CreativityTerophotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15525437275616711502noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039596132088042632.post-9830117225102929442010-11-19T14:26:13.451+09:002010-11-19T14:26:13.451+09:00Jean I recommend a book called "Whacked on th...Jean I recommend a book called "Whacked on the Side of the Head" by Roger Von Oech I had a copy may still do but need to dig for it... It goes into much more specific detail on how to unlock creativity.<br /><br />While I do believe that people can be train to be more creative... I disagree that it isn't a skill that some people are endowed with it. For me being creative is quite easy, I have always done well in visual arts without even trying. Often in conversations people will comment where in the hell did you come up with that idea, truth is I didn't it was the first thing that popped in my head... didn't have to even work at it. In fact, I used to piss off my art professor in college who'd watch me goof off all semester and turn in what was supposed to be a selection of our best works from a whole semester's worth of studies that I had completed in less than 2 weeks...I didn't have anything to select from; what I had created was just enough to make the portfolio minimum. He wanted to so mark me down, even told me as much in one of my many private lectures I got in his office. But for whatever his reasoning couldn't because he had to admit that despite my lack of exploratory study to achieve my results what I handed in as my 5 final works were done well and were without a doubt creative. Ironically enough I never pursued a career in Art even though he tried hard to convince me to... Even dropped my art major.<br /><br />I believe being creative is much like certain people can be excellent at a sport. Art requires an eye... of course that can be learned through diligence but it does not come easy and there is no guarantee that one will ever obtain a level of skill to that of someone who had been so luckily endowed with it from birth. Just like being able to spot hash...some people seem to have a natural affinity for it others couldn't find it if their lives depended on it. It is not a nature versus nurture thing ... it requires both. Much like sports one can always train to get better and improve but there are some individuals who can perform with little effort and when these gifted people train with the diligence of a person without any natural ability, they are unsurmountable... marvels in their field of expertise. <br /><br />You have an eye for composition sure working at it obviously makes your images even more exciting. Maybe you really think hard at every photo you take. But I imagine a lot of the times you snap look at what you got and then start think how can you improve them. The fact that you have interesting photos without all the effort to make them better in the first place shows that me that you must have an eye for it in the first place.Three Dogsnoreply@blogger.com