The Power of Thinking Differently: An Imaginative Guide to Creativity, Change, and the Discovery of New Ideas - Hardcover

Galindo, Javy W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0984223908 ISBN 13: 9780984223909

Publisher: Hyena Press, 2009

Synopsis

Q: What happens after a former engineer and music teacher explores the creative approaches found in art, science, technology, business, spirituality, and everyday living? A: He writes a humorously enlightening guidebook for anyone wanting to be creative - a book that will re-engineer your brain to think creatively. In "The Power of Thinking Differently," Javy W. Galindo takes us along on an adventurous tour of the creative process. Using fun language, the book looks at creative thinking through the rational lens of psychology, neuroscience, and popular creativity literature. At the same time, it exercises the imagination using allegory, myth, jokes, and puzzles. The book reveals the roots our thinking habits and illuminates an imaginative six-stage roadmap to discovering unique ideas and implementing creative change. We come to see that creativity isn't just for creative types. It turns out that we all have the inherent capacity to think creatively and attain flashes of creative insight. What else will you learn? -- The universal stages of the creative process. How your brain is built to be creative. The secrets to going beyond common sense to attain uncommon ideas. Why relaxation and a sense of play are crucial to being creative. How to overcome creative blocks and habitual thinking patterns. Ways of becoming more insight prone. The keys to cultivating creativity in groups. How to conquer common creativity pitfalls. And how thinking differently can be a soul enriching, meaning deepening activity.

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About the Author

Javy Wong Galindo, M. Eng., is a self-proclaimed creative dimwit who is working real hard to become better. This former electrical engineer and performance arts teacher has over 13 years of experience providing creative consultation. He is available for lectures, workshops, and interviews. Contact him through his website, www.Thinking-Differently.com. Javy's interests in thinking differently began the first time he answered a question incorrectly on a test, which occurred early and often in his childhood. As a youth, he developed a passion for storytelling, creative writing, sketch comedy, and performed in various instrumental music ensembles. This affinity for creative endeavors naturally led him to a decade long career working in a cubicle as an electrical engineer. He holds both a master's and bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from UC San Diego with minors in philosophy and music theory. While working as an engineer for companies such as Motorola and Northrop Grumman, Javy participated in various corporate creativity workshops. At the same time, he continued to feed his creative hungers by being an educator for several southern California non-profit youth arts organizations and as a San Diego high school music instructor. In 2007, Javy took a hiatus from his engineering career to pursue an academic investigation of the creative process at JFK University in Pleasant Hill. When he's not speaking on creativity, Javy can be found singing at a club, performing bad comedy improv, writing an unfunny comedy sketch, or running poorly on an uphill trail. For more information, checkout his website, www.Thinking-Differently.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hyena Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984223908
• ISBN 13: 9780984223909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252