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Wild, Whacky, WeirdOff the Wall, Out of the BoxIdea Generating

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Toys,

Games

& Prop

s

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Think/Act Like

Mavericks

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creative people spend

20 minutes looking at a orange juice box

because it says "concentrate."

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“I don’t understand why People take life

so seriously.

None of us is going toGet out alive.”

Morrie Amsterdam, comedian./actor

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The Manifesto for ChildrenE. Paul Torrance

Don't be afraid to fall in love with something

and pursue it with intensity.

Know, understand, take pride in, practice, develop, exploit and enjoy your greatest strengths.

Learn to free yourself from the expectations of others and to walk away from the games they

impose on you.

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Free yourself to play your own game.

Find a great teacher or mentor who will help you.

Learn the skills of interdependence.

Don't waste energy trying to be well rounded.

Do what you love and can do well.© E. P. Torrance (1983) Manifesto for Children, Athens, GA:

Georgia Studies of Creative Behavior and Full Circle Counseling, Inc.

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The Manifesto for AdultsE. Paul Torrance & Garnet Millar (1983)

Take delight in deep thinkingTolerate mistakes (yours & others)Love the work you do and do it well

Feel comfortable as a minority of oneHave a sense of wisdom

Have the courage to be CreativeDo not waste needless energy trying

to be well rounded

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Creativity is Your ChoiceRobert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP (1983)

Daily make the choiceto be Creative in much to most of what you do.

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1. sensitive 2. not motivated by money 3. sense of destiny 4. adaptable 5. tolerant of ambiguity 6. observant 7. perceive world differently 8. see possibilities 9. question asker10. can synthesize correctly often intuitively11. able to fantasize12. flexible13. fluent14. imaginative15. intuitive16. original

17. ingenious18. energetic19. sense of humor20. self-actualizing21. self-disciplined22. self-knowledgeable23. specific interests24. divergent thinker25. curious26. open-ended27. independent28. severely critical29. non-conforming30. confident31. risk taker32. persistent

Are You a Crayon BREAKER?

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Be ChildishBe Childish

Be ChildlikeBe Childlike

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NormalOrdinaryRegularBoring

Unique

Unusual

Wild

Exciting

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What?What Else!Why?Why Not!

WWWWWH

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Forced Obj.MetaphorsExcursionsBionics

Classics!

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ImprovImaginationPerspectiveNon-Human

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5 SensingIdea Grids! Excursions?

Super Heroes!

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CartoonsImaging!

Famous FolkAlphabetizing!