June 2010
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Ideascape: Where you see what hasn't been done
A specific section of Warren Ellis’ “Do Anything. Thoughts on Comics and Things” struck me.
He explains the idea of ideascape, the place of our individual and collective creativity. He attributes the term to Alan Moore and then fleshes it out using primarily ‘jungle’ as a metaphor. Here’s the part I loved. Ideascape is…
A place where everything connects...
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Creativity is a Discipline
If we were to make charts and graphs comparing me to my immediate family members, I would rank high on creativity and low on discipline.
(Yes, I’ve actually done this.)
Unfortunately for me, creativity is a discipline, so capitalizing on a strength means coming to terms with a weakness.
Here’s one perception of the source of creativity: Lightning bolts strike certain lucky...