Elizabeth Gilbert and Sir Ken Robinson

• Elizabeth Gilbert
• · American writer
• Her way of conquering fear is to take away from herself
• · But it won’t work if you don’t do anything about it
• · You need your brain to be in that alpha state so creativity can come to you. Your subconscious mind – when your creativity comes to you
• · Most of what she said had a use of humorous metaphors and most serious subjects lighter.
• · It is best to stretch your creativity by getting out of your comfort zone.
• Comedic with a lighthearted look on life
• concepts on the creative mind are quite accurate
• states that the assumption that creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked is a dangerous one
• promotes separating creative genius from the human artist (to remove the pressure and responsibility from their work);
• both prevents narcissism and failure
• view that individuals are afraid to be wrong; of failure.

Sir Ken Robinson

• British author
• Comedic
• doesn’t seperate creativity from the human;tries to unite them to be more functional and beneficial
• doesn’t value education for the impacts it has on the creative mind
• wants people to prepared to be wrong; not be afraid of being wrong (mistakes is where true creativity comes from)
• humanistic approach that humans do not use their talents to the best of their ability; becoming educated on how not to be creative
• calls for an education revolution, not evolution
• He suggests theories on creativity:
• § Fear of making mistakes
• § Admiring logic too much
• § Avoiding ambiguity
• § Wanting to be practical
• § Thinking play is frivolous
• § Thinking thats not my area
• § Not wanting to be foolish
• § Deciding you are just not creative

Sir Ken Robinson

• British author
• Comedic
• doesn’t seperate creativity from the human;tries to unite them to be more functional and beneficial
• doesn’t value education for the impacts it has on the creative mind
• wants people to prepared to be wrong; not be afraid of being wrong (mistakes is where true creativity comes from)
• humanistic approach that humans do not use their talents to the best of their ability; becoming educated on how not to be creative
• calls for an education revolution, not evolution

He suggests theories on creativity:

§ Fear of making mistakes

§ Admiring logic too much

§ Avoiding ambiguity

§ Wanting to be practical

§ Thinking play is frivolous

§ Thinking thats not my area

§ Not wanting to be foolish

§ Deciding you are just not creative