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The Crumb Theory/Method to Creativity
Creativity is all around you, but you do not see it; here’s how to open your mind’s eyes
Creativity is all around you, but right now, you’re blind to it. You see the loaves, but you fail to see the potential of the crumbs. You don’t even see the crumbs, so you’re not giving them a chance to be dismissed. And it may be because you’re looking too hard, or you’re anxious and stressed.
Creative ideas lie all around, and yet they are invisible to you and your mind’s eye. Yes, it’s an analogy, and it contains within it the seeds of creativity you want and desperately seek. Why else would you be looking so hard for that idea you need, that word that will spark your actions, the thing that will open the doors? Allow me to clear your mental vision and tell you my method for approaching it.
The Crumb Theory’s Beginnings
I’d love to be hit over the head with lots of creative ideas, and I, too, waited for that golden moment when a bell would go off in my mind. Too often, I waited in vain until I attended one required seminar.
Required seminars for licensing can prove to be intolerably dull, mind-numbing, and a waste of valuable time. The presenter has to fill a specific number of minutes with their erudition, and you must sit obediently until the end that never seems to…
