Become more intelligent, creative, and innovative

 How do I become more intelligent, creative, and innovative?

 

More creative and innovative?

·         First, please, don't think you are not creative or innovative.

·         Then watch this speech from Sir Ken Robinson's who offers an interesting definition of creativity: "an idea that has value."

·         BTW, by watching this you will realize that the Western education system does not value creativity as it should. We are all creative, or as Picasso better put it: "All children are born artists. The problem is to remain one".

So you wanna be more creative and innovative?
Again, forget about it. Or at least about these terms.
Let me copy and paste what Jim Jarmusch said about creativity (spoiler: it doesn't really exist), which is more about stealing what exists and reassemble it in a new way:

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to."

A to-do list suggestion:

1.    Read read read. A rich vocabulary forces your brain to exploit it better.

2.    Watch all the great movies if you want to develop a better visual brain

3.    Watch or read all the great humorists. Because just like visual artists, they challenge perception and reality in a new (and funny) way

4.    Go to museums, for the same reason as #2 and #3.

How to do the to-do list

1.    Take it easy. Take whatever subject (arts, movies, books, ..) that attracts you the most and start with that.

2.    Rephrase "I wanna be more creative" by "I wanna be more curious". Think about your everyday life: How can you be more curious today? And tomorrow?

3.    Rephrase "I wanna be more creative and innovative" by "I'd like to learn more about the work of "creative" people" and then ask yourself how do you think they came up with this idea, because that idea came from somewhere (see J. Jarmusch quote). You mentioned Stanley Kubrick: he was influenced by many many things from his earlier life, like Greek and Roman mythology, photography, sic-fi themes, other movie makers like Eisenstein, and so on.

The mother of all conclusions to this little post
=> Be kind to yourself: You got that question itching you to the point you got on Quora looking for answers. In other words, you got curious.
=> You want to improve. This means you want to challenge a given situation.
=> You are ready to get opinions from other people, which means you are open to other people's ideas and perceptions.
=> You might steal some ideas to create your own

= That is a pretty good start if you ask me. Have a great journey :)

 

What makes artists famous?

 

Originally Answered: How do I become a famous artist?

I'm going to quote a relatively crass, yet incredibly accurate (mathematically speaking) pie chart, of sorts, hip hop song which explains what it takes:

This is 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 50% pain (and, rather irrelevant, 100% reason to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_the_Name) .

·         10% luck

·         20% skill

·         15% concentrated power of will

·         5% pleasure

·         50% pain

Unfortunately, with all 90% accounted for in the latter 4 points, without the first, otherwise known as your "big break", you could be trying forever.

The skill is definitely something which you can build on. That accounts for a fair chunk of your pain. The concentrated power of will is in your devotion to self promotion, marketing, selection of which galleries to market yourself in.

But the biggest part is pain. Sacrificing your other wishes and desires for the benefit of making headway in gaining your dream. But they're not really sacrifices: should you choose to skip out on the opportunity to splurge away your money on alcohol or travel or fancy houses, you could afford yourself some time to lock away into a dungeon and paint or sculpt or design whatever it is you do.

But don't sacrifice life at the expense of the very inspiration from which you chose to become an artist in the first place. Life is beautiful.

So there's a few tips I'd set out:

Get inspired: This can be anything from a devoted point of inspiration, like reading Poe, walking on the beach, spending time with family.

Hone your craft: Paint, paint, paint, paint, paint! And once you're done, paint some more. Take lessons at the local Y or tafe or community college or whatever. Look at comparable artists' works. Get better at what you do.

Get connected: Here's the whoring part. Some people do this naturally (Warhol or Ken Done come to mind), others find it incredibly difficult (most artists, I find, and Jackson Pollock is probably the most notable). If you don't like public speaking, take classes in it. Read books about it. Get used to it.

Describe: Learn to describe your art. I know most arty people kind of get their heads up their backsides about doing this in a really douchey way. Don't. Use real terms which real people use. Don't describe it as a "post modern compressionist impressionist saga allegory of the dispensary chaos of our capitalist society". It's passe. Say "I don't like consumerism, so I painted these factories burning down, and then painted over the top of it how I would recreate the world now that the industrialisation has torn down our precious earth" or something.

Work bloody hard: Most hipsters I know think they're artists. Sure, they might live an artisan-style life, but they're nearly none of them artists. If trimming your beard or putting a filter on an instagram photo is the extent of your creative juices being exploited, you're doing it wrong. Artistry is a 24/7 thing, and every artist I've known who's made it has done so because they get up at midnight to paint. They get up in the morning and sculpt before breakfast. They get paint in their coffee cup. They only travel using the most timely means so they can spend more time going to art shows, demonstrations, installations, museum curations. It's not an easy life. Not even a lofty one. But it can be a great one.

Repeat: See all of the above? None of that stuff ever stops in the life of an artist.

 

IQ is not particularly malleable, but “smart” means a lot of different things, and many of them can be learned.

Regardless of whether you can become more “smart”, you can definitely become more “wise”.

Take the time at the beginning of the day to plan what you expect to attempt.

Take the time at the end of the day to review what you did during that day, what worked, what did not, and what you can do in the future if a similar situation occurs again.

If you just do those two steps, then you will become very wise with regard to how your particular life works. THAT’s smart.

With regard to IQ, the process of studying useful new words, especially by learning their roots and affixes, can result in a measurable permanent increase in IQ. It’s a long term process, but every word you learn well in your teens corresponds to an increase of about ten dollars in your lifetime earnings. Later in life, perhaps less, but still a measurable gain.

 

Does the rare “true” genius require both high intelligence and high creativity?

 

Well actually much more than that but yes. You need Education or vast information in your field you are going to change which requires creativity with near perfect memory. Which in turn, needs intelligence. But that's not it. You need many ingredients more. Also, a study done on people over 130 showed creativity to start pulling away after that number. What that means is so many factors need come together for you that you would be the rare of the rarest. It takes great circumstances that need collide those that usually are not able. Many have a genius IQ and many of those are creative. That is just a starter. You need many things including timing or being at the right place to happen. It's rare in a major way.

 

What's creative genius like?

 

Creative genius is when you learn to tap into a part of you where you feel pure resonance, and then you run with the flow of whatever comes as a result of that resonating inner connection.

No resistance, no doubt, no overthinking… just running with the flow of an idea/ thought/ inspiration, of that which feels you have not even yourself created, but rather you are channeling from an unknown realm. Where something comes out of nothing.

I believe everyone has creative genius within themselves, or at least the potential for it. However, very few people actually ever tap into it, maybe 1% at best, oftentimes because of self-doubt, being unaware of one’s potential, listening to what other people/ society say too much and thus hindering one’s own potential.

There are a few writers on Quora who I notice are able to tap into their creative genius, some may not even realise it.