This week in the videos we are going to take a look at creativity. We are each, I believe, creative – maybe not as an artist or a writer or a musician. Some have creative ideas about dealing with children meeting while others are creative about meeting deadlines, making roads better, finding a solution to a debilitating disease, discovering new ways to help other people, using the Internet in a way that has never been used before.
We have seen the third video by Elizabeth Gilbert before – quite some time ago – and it so perfect for this segment that I’m running it again. View them with enjoyment and with the thought of allowing your own creativity to unfold.
Video 1: What is Creativity?
Highlights from the Creativity event series, funded by the Wellcome Trust and held at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre in April 2009. Further details can be found here: http://www.danacentre.org.uk/events/p…
Music is by Viktor Sethy from the album ‘Improvisations’ and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpzacait-Zo
Video 2: Naps and Creativity
Telling your boss you need a nap might not be the smartest thing to do at work, but scientific evidence is now on your side. As this ScienCentral News video explains, sleep researchers just released a new study that says naps over an hour long may boost creative problem solving. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/
Category: Science & Technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yS5fzGcjI4
Video 3: A New Way to Look at Creativity
“Eat, Pray, Love” Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, and Jane Goodall on chimpanzees.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA
