2 Creativity is fun
Creating things and implementing new ideas is fun, and having fun enhances our creative abilities. Even if you are struggling to overcome setbacks and obstacles, you need to recognize the fun in what you are doing. If you don’t have fun being creative, your results will fall short of their potential.
Playing with toys and games is a great example of having fun being creative. We enjoy this kind of play because of the creativity it promotes. Watch the video below about how making something routine more fun helped to solve a problem?
That’s what I call Creativity n Fun Theory, Must see!
Thats what I Call Creativity N Fun Theory, Must See https://youtu.be/3ms-Ex71wHk
Visit Paul Neave’s digital playground site at http://neave.com/ Play with all of the toys and games on this site and then consider if you had fun and if you found your creativity enhanced. Share your experience with a friend.
What are your favourite games to play? Why do you enjoy these games?
Tales of creativity and play https://youtu.be/RjwUn-aA0VY
Humour is also a fun way to play with creativity. Google has created some pretty funny, creative and innovative ideas for April fools jokes. Check out this list of some of the best ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_April_Fools%27_Day_jokes
Here is the complete list of Google’s Hoaxes and Easter Eggs that they hide in their apps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google’s_hoaxes_and_easter_eggs
As you check out these very creative and humorous creations, consider the cost and time that were invested in their production. Do you think that the Google workplace benefited from this kind of fun? Why?
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Making full-length feature movies is a very expensive and creative activity. Some movies do make their production costs back but many don’t. Do you think the film makers have fun? Watch this short video:
Action Movie Kid — Volume 01 https://youtu.be/34Q0BB8-2nA
Watch this short video about a very interesting, creative and fun project remaking the first Star Wars movie.
Making Star Wars Uncut by Casey Pugh https://youtu.be/FQ-GplS-rCE
Now check out the movie. Are they having fun? Are they being creative?
Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.
And here is the second movie that has now been completed in the same way.
The Empire Strikes Back Uncut: Full Movie (Official) https://youtu.be/GjsFAZWnA00
If you would like to learn more about how these were made by fans go to http://www.starwarsuncut.com/. And now there are several similar “fan created” videos on YouTube.
Not everyone agrees that having fun will generate any benefits in the workplace. Do you know of anyone that believes having fun is not valuable? What are their reasons?
Consider what is preventing you from having more fun when you are engaged in creative and innovative activities. How can you find more fun in your workplace to boost your creativity?
Challenge:
Commit yourself to look for and identify two new ways to have more fun in your workplace. Focus on developing these new ways of having fun into strategies to enhance your creative abilities. Share your two strategies with a friend and ask for feedback.
If you need more help with this, check out this book on how fun is good for your workplace and career. It is called: Fun Is Good: How to Create Joy and Passion in Your Workplace and Career by Mike Veeck and Pete Williams
Here is an interesting list of things to do for fun.
And here is a fun list of truths for mature humans:
Truths For Mature Humans:
- I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
- Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.
- I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.
- There is a great need for a sarcasm font.
- How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
- Was learning cursive really necessary?
- Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
- I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.
- Bad decisions make good stories.
- You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
- Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.
- I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.
- “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this — ever.
- I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? **** it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What did you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?
- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
- I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
- I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
- I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
- I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.
- Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
- I would rather try to carry 10 over-loaded plastic bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
- The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
- How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
- Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
- Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?
- There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate bicyclists.
- Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
- Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey — but I’d bet my *** everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
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