An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
In John Locke's essay concerning human understanding, he basically explains that it takes experience to generate ideas in general. Creativity thus wouldn't be possible without first seeing something with a little bit of detail on it.
Teachers have suggested in a few of my classes that by getting something/anything down on paper in regards to composing an assignment will naturally generate additional thoughts and provide you with a direction to follow.
There's a small creative side to my brain. I find that when I go to stores such as RC Willey or down a craft isle in a random store, random thoughts automatically jump in and say "what if..." or "I could do this with that" or "wouldn't it be fun to use this and do/make...". If any of you play FarmVille, you'll understand me when I say there aren't a lot of options to choose from when it comes to decorating your farm. Having random objects available may be enough to spark ideas to turn original functionality of one object into that of another. Take for example the brick wall in front of this school house:
The actual John Locke:
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This is where the idea of open knowledge and open science will continue to help knowledge to grow. With others giving you ideas, it will spark new ideas in your own mind, and those new ideas will spark the mind of someone else. Collaborative efforts will definitely help us to better the world. Look at the way this class is set up. It really does give us the opportunity to learn from each other.
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