Creativity Process

The creative journey

"You see things and you say, 'Why?', but I dream things that never were and I say, 'Why not?'" - G.Bernard Shaw

For more on each stage of the learning journey click on the appropriate part of the central wheel.

INSPIRATION

What is my original idea?

REFLECTION

What do I think about it all?

IMPROVISATION

Chasing up the idea into some sort of shape

STOP!

Enough is enough perfection or far enough?

SHAFT OF LIGHT

Does it all still make sense?

CHUCK OR KEEP?

Do I carry on or abandon this idea?

INVESTIGATION

What have others done in this area?

SHAPING

Where do I go from here?

This creativity wheel is adapted from an idea in "Getting the buggers to be creative", Sue Cowley, Continuum, 2005

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