Play with your Right Brain

Creativity and the Paradox of Boredom

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:45:00 +0000

via Youtube Paradoxes are aplenty. Everything is amazing and no one is happy” is one paradox to ponder. “Creative as a child, not as an adult” is a second. Another that arrests my thinking is the paradox of boredom. In this modern day...

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Rantapalooza: I want my right brain back!

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:12:00 +0000

via youtube.com We live in a left-brained adulthood world of work with: rules, guidelines, laws, expectations, deadlines, snooze alarms, responsibilities, logic, plans, budgets, ROIs, grades, rankings, follower counts, retweets, metrics, feedback, ...

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Brainstorming: A Place Where Good Ideas Go to Die

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:09:00 +0000

Source: dilbert.com The right brain is fragile, emotional, easy to discourage. Its nemesis: (1) our own left brain, and (2) the left brain of others. Unfortunately, the left brain is determined, outspoken, and quick to wit. It is this quick response that harms most, kills ideas, and...

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Enjoy a Creative Bounce with Simple Fun

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:08:00 +0000

Source: youtube. Thanks Michael @BoxofCrayons. Someone on Twitter recently asked: “What was your favorite childhood toy?” With little hesitation, I replied: “a cardboard box.” This self-realization set my mind’s thinking about how complicated our lives have become. Your...

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HOW TO: Jump-Start Your Good Morning Creative Mojo

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:51:00 +0000

An “early bird,” I am not. Instead, I am more of a “second mouse gets the cheese” kind of guy. I do get things done, with initiative; practice creative procrastination; and my internal clock needs not a snooze alarm. Before marriage: I could rise to a later alarm, shower, get dressed, eat...

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Brainstorming: the Good, the Bad, and the Do it Better

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:47:00 +0000

The Good Brainstorming done right motivates the process, ignites creativity, and results in an amazing innovation of ideas. The Bad It is easy to turn brainstorming into a ritual of wasted time, discouraging results, and frustration about ideation. The Do It Better Read: How...

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Sometimes You Gotta

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:42:00 +0000

via youtube.comGotta sing. Gotta dance. Gotta write. Gotta paint. Gotta draw. Gotta act. Gotta craft. Gotta film. Gotta sculpt. Gotta design. Gotta photograph. Gotta entertain. Gotta play. Gotta invent. Gotta think. Gotta imagine. Gotta create. Don’t: fret, worry, fear,...

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Got creativity? Thinking outside the metaphors.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:38:00 +0000

It matters not what you call it. 1. Thinking outside the box (thanks Walt Disney).2. Coloring outside the lines.3. A light bulb.4. A bolt of...

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Aha! Words: from A to Z.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:14:00 +0000

We think, write, speak and live with words. Our literacy is reflected in the number of words we know. Our life is reflected in the words we use. Favorite words can: Animate a smile. Tickle the tongue. Brainstorm a memory. Sparkle an imagination. Kaleidoscope the emotions. Animate a mood. Echo an...

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Thought Breaker #8: You may be more left-brained if . . .

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:26:00 +0000

Play/Recess. How do you recognize a left-brain dominant person? Does she dress or behave in a particular manner? Does he stand out across a crowded room? Do their heads lean to the left? Think about the question. Make a list. Review that list. Do you know someone whom fits your description? Is...

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Thought Breaker #7: Tweets for the Right Brain.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:56:00 +0000

Play/Recess. Answer me this: how many of you use the internet to provoke ideas or enhance creative thinking? Raise your hand. Higher. I see, almost all of you do. Okay, raise your hand if you use Google for this? Now, raise your hand if you use Twitter for this? Umm. Interesting. Let’s perform an...

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Thought Breaker #6: Feeds for the Right Brain.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:59:00 +0000

Play/Recess. Simple question: How do you feed your brain? Think beyond vitamins, diet, or weird science. In other words: How do you consciously stimulate your brain with planned, focused, regular sources of information to provoke right brained thinking? Do you habitually Google topics of random...

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Thought Breaker #5: Right Brain New Year.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:48:00 +0000

Play/Recess. On this first day of the New Year, I am reminded of New Year’s resolutions come and gone. So play with this: What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2009? Go ahead. Commit them to pen and paper. How’s your list? Same auld lang syne? Here are mine (borrow or revise as needed): (1)...

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Thought Breaker #4: Think Spam.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:18:00 +0000

Play/Recess. Grab a pen and paper. Look at your watch. For a minimum of 60 seconds, make a quick list of “uses for Spam.” If you need inspiration, then go here. Now go on with your list. Don’t pause. Write the logical and the illogical, the good and the bad, the funny and the serious. Capture all...

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Thought Breaker #3: Giggles for Brains.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:47:00 +0000

Play/Recess. How long has it been since you laughed as if milk could come out of your nose? Or, laughed till you snorted? Or, laughed tears of humor? Or, laughed with infection to others? Well, that is too long. So try it. Go ahead, make yourself laugh. Loud. Long. From the gut. Draw attention to...

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Thought Breaker #2: Fla-ming-Go For It.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:19:00 +0000

Play/Recess. Try this exercise. Now. Stop what you are doing. Stand with good and straight posture, with arms down to your side. Calm your mind and take five slow deep breathes. Inhale. Exhale. Yoga this: place your two hands together in front of your chest as if praying. Extend your elbows as if...

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Thought Breaker #1: Ambidextrous Brain.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:33:00 +0000

Play/Recess. Now to get your creative juices flowing, gather a pen and paper. Sit on this: find a comfortable thinking place and sit on your writing hand (assuming you are primarily left brained and right handed; otherwise do the opposite). And with your non dominant writing hand, make a list of...

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Introduction 2: Dare to play with your right brain.

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:57:00 +0000

There are windfalls to those who dare to play with their right brain. Individual gains will depend upon time, attitude, expectation, participation, and preferred learning style. Since my own natural style of thinking is left brained dominant, my penchant for “to-do” lists and David Letterman’s top...

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Introduction 1: I want my right brain back!

dennymccorkle@gmail.com (Denny McCorkle) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:40:00 +0000

Simply, this blog is about balance: whole brained balance, aha balance. We live in a left brained adulthood world of work with: rules, guidelines, laws, expectations, deadlines, responsibilities, logic, plans, budgets, grades, rankings, feedback, criticism, workaholics, competition, answers,...

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