Out of stillness
Wikipedia says creativity is a mental process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts. I think that is deceptive, because I find my creativity doesn’t come from thinking. My most creative moments are when I am still, and have plenty of space. The creativity seems to arise from the stillness in …
Creativity vs security
Creativity is one of those popular catch words – I hear “creativity”, and I think, “oh, good, I want more of that.” But do I? In general, people are resistant to anything related to change, and creativity is all about uncovering something new. People tend to crave security, holding on to what they have and what they know. It seems …
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Billions of realities
There are billions of people on this planet. Each person creates their own view of what this world is about. That’s billions of realities. Can you imagine what this means? I guess not, because you are still bounded by your own mind and experiences. What I really want to know is… of all those billions of possible realities I could …
Winning the lottery
So how do mental models work? Here is a quick example of my model for getting rich: Pick the right numbers. Buy a lottery ticket. Win the lottery. Easy, right? Unfortunately, this is in conflict another mental model of mine: My chance of getting hit by a bus are orders of magnitude greater than winning the lottery. I live in …
Mental models
What are mental models? Mental models are the the models we build up of how the world works in order to interact with the world in a more efficient manner. These models can come from our perceptions and imagination – and give us a reference to how physical things or abstract interactions work. Prof. Ruth Byrne, in her gentle introduction …
Interpretations
Do you like how the world around you makes you feel? We create our beliefs about the world from our experiences, but they don’t need to be permanent. How quickly can we change? Consider the following story: You are riding on a busy bus. Sitting next to you are a couple of rowdy, uncontrolled, obnoxious kids. Their father is sitting …
Take charge
We are in charge of our beliefs about the world. Everything we see as good, bad, evil, whatever… stems from our own beliefs. These beliefs are not written in stone, but are something ethereal that we hold on to, and often identify with. For example, some of the beliefs that I have: Sunny weather makes everyone happier. When I have …
Perceiving reality
Here’s an interesting bit from perceivingreality.com about… perceiving reality. I like how it describes that we don’t really know what is out there. Our reality in only constructed by our five senses… so all we know is what we interpret from these different senses we experience. Our perception of the world isn’t solely constructed from what we are sensing, but …