Creativity trending upwards

Good thing lots of ink/airtime has been following Jonah Lehrer‘s new book IMAGINE: HOW CREATIVITY WORKS. Because now that the topic of creativity is in the spotlight, we have to draw a heavy dotted line to the importance of PRACTICING it to build your creative potential. It’s interesting enough to learn about how, where and why, but let’s roll up our sleeves and actually activate it. One simple way is to get busy with your hands and make something…anything. (a Paper Punk can help you)

Here’s an interesting interview with Jonah on his book: Jonah Lehrer interview via TechCrunch

Lots of gems, but my personal favorite in this moment: “We have to stop holding ourselves back…” AKA and note-to-self: We gotta get out of our own way!