Thinking Outside the Box

November 14, 2008 js624

Whist trawling the various creativity sites on my google reader, I have come across quite an interesting article, Does Thinking Outside the Box Hinder Creativity? 

It raises quite an interesting point about how being foreced to be creative and forced to think outside the box actually inhibits our creativity as it forces us out of our comfort zone which is that box.

The article talks about the box being something which we are most comfortable in, we are born into “your box” and it is a place where “you are who you are. It’s a pretty good box. Most important, it is yours the box in which you have operated forever.” It then goes on to say that we should let this box grow in order for us to flourish instead of having to leave our box and comfort zone in order to be creative.

Personally I feel that when I am being forced to be creative and think outside of the box it is really difficult and leaving my box feels awkward. I much prefer to be in my box and often I find my creative steak coming out when I am comfortable in my surroundings, but maybe thats just me!

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