Developing a New Major

creativity comes from being able to make associations between differen tthings, combine them in new ways

so best way to be creative is to have lots of association to be able to recombine – “you want to populate your mind with a wonderous and colorful diversity of ideas..” (p. 99)

- gotta read – everyting and anything, can’t just watch videos, can’t just read science fiction, “all the great game designers are reading addicts” (p. 100), read widely, read all your life

- gotta wonder – ask why and how, “wondering is important because it is in exercise in tightening up the web of associations in your mind” (p. 101) – wondering helps you make connections between ideas, more connections mean more creativity

- then you have to put emotion into the mix – not enough to have reason and intellect – takes emotion to be fully creative, got to express your ideas in emotional terms, sensory terms – what does it feel like, sound like

- make lots of ideas – and then throw most of htem away -  most or our ideas are for shit – you have to be a strong crtiic of your own ideas, but not so harsh that you kill all lof them. helps to share ideas with other people to get some outside feedback

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