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MiscConcepts
- Turn on a dime
- Break; Stop; About Face, then back again
- Exercises
- Notes
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Basic Premise:
- Sources -> Processing -> Presentation
- Inspiration -> The Creative Process -> Media
- Topic
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Module 1 Orientation/Intro
- Confidentiality, diversity, tolerance, boundaries
- Free expression means no criticizing of spelling or form.
- Conflict
- Judgment
- Excuses
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Evolution of group
- Living document (group)
- Break; Stop; About Face, then back again
- Resources
- Exercises
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Module 2 Together verses Alone
- Collaboration
- Synergism
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Co-creation
- Exercises:
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Module 3 Costs directions goals
- Motivations - Money, Fame, Personal fulfillment, Betterment of mankind
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Goals
- Goals set from your True self
- Goals set by others
- Goals set by your ego
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Costs
- Opportunity costs
- Time - What is your relationship with it?
- Money - What is your relationship with it?
- Relationships Costs
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Roadblocks
- What happens when you are stuck?
- Respect the process (even if it says you're stuck)
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Quantity versus quality
- When am I done?
- How much is enough
- Less is more (Nike anecdote)
- More is more (Hurt/Streep movie)
- Books that seem to end prematurely
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Exercises:
- 1. Boil a poignant concept into a small set (3-4) of objects (Words, Images, Sounds, etc)
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Module 4 Dualities/Polarities
- Ego, Authentic Self, Soul
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Dualities
- Try versus Do
- Power verses force
- Spirit versus Religion
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Polarities
- Good/Bad
- Should/Shouldn’t
- Male/Female
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Masculine/Feminine
- Happy/Sad
- Right/Wring
- Inside/Outside
- Well/Sick
- Together/Along
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Module 5 Attractors, Detractors, Strange Attractors
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Detractors
- Self doubt
- Tradition
- Attractors
- Strange Attractors
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Module 6 Space
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Circular nature
- Rework (First draft ways bad)
- Thinking outside the box
- The middle way
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Location
- Do you have a place to create - where?
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Exercises:
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1. Maps: Map of the ego
- Maps: Map of the ego
- Maps: Map of the authentic self
- Maps: Map of the soul
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Module 7 The known verses the unknown
- Preconceived notions
- Stepping out of your comfort zone
- Conflict
- Words from the Unfamiliar
- Letting Go
- Break; Stop; About Face, then back again
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Module 8 Media (The medium)
- Multi-mode
- Writing
- Movement
- Music listening and creating
- Silence
- Other media (art, video, etc)