Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Boosting Your Creative Process

Written by Tanvir Rahman

In today’s world creativity is everywhere and it is something you definitely need to outshine the competition. In today’s business world new ideas, better strategies, and creating something new is always desired. Creativity is an amazing thing that takes a lot of work to produce but nothing feels better than coming up with your own original idea. Although creativity is something that happens in the mind there is actually an overall planning and preparation that goes into it if you want that powerful lasting idea.

Before you start drafting or brainstorming, try to familiarize yourself with a process that will get you from start to end. Ask yourself questions that will answer the basic needs of your client or project. Imagine yourself as the customer of your client or project and look at your project from all points of view. This will give you a sense of what needs to be done so that your ideas aren’t all over the place.

The creative process is all about balancing the extremes. When an amazing idea hits you, your fist impulse is go with it but you may be blinded by the idea that you have something great. When that brilliant idea comes to you draft it out and put it on paper or the computer and look at it the next day. Save it for a time when you’re not in the heat of the moment and have fresh eyes. I know personally, when I create a work of art I am so eager to start going with my amazing idea but I don’t always feel the same as I did the next day. It’s all about looking at your ideas from different angles to push your creativity.

Although that amazing idea may not hit you right away, it’s important that you don’t force your creativity. Whenever I am looking for new ideas for projects I always fall into what I call designers block. I just cannot think of anything good and it is very frustrating. The important thing here is to find your inspiration and let it come to you naturally. Now I am not saying to just sit around until something just comes to you, because that most likely will not happen, but you should go out and find what inspires you. For example, I try to get out of the house and look at my surroundings, I do research on similar projects or concepts I am going for, and I simply do a lot of brainstorming of ideas. Inspiration gives life to your creativity and it’s important to find what inspires you.


Creativity can be a complex thing and it’s not as easy as turning on a switch but nothing feels better than coming up with that brilliant idea for your projects. Learning about yourself and what inspires you is key to boosting your creative process!

 reference: http://justcreative.com/2012/07/18/improve-creative-process/

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