What are you thinking and

feeling right now? Why?

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Whole Brain Thinking Discussion:

a)The
a)Ned Whole Brain
Lateralization of The Triune Brain Model
Herrmann the Brain
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Concentration
exercise
 Music as muse
Instructions:
1. I will play to you a classical track twice.

2. Think about the story you imagine the

music is telling you.

3. Write down the story at the end of the

piece, embellish it as much as you like; don’t
concern yourself with form or structure.
 What is
Creativity?
Creativity
Is characterized by the ability to
perceive the world in new ways, to find
hidden patterns, to make connections
between seemingly unrelated
phenomena and concepts, and to
generate solutions.
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Creativity
Creativity is not a bolt from the blue but a process, a series of
incremental steps that leads to the magic “Eureka!” moment.

Social psychologist Graham Wallas produced one of the earliest

models of the creative process in 1926, proposing that creative
thinking goes through four distinct phases:

1. Preparation

2. Incubation

3. Illumination

4. Verification
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Creativity

preparation incubation illumination verification

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Creativity
This refers to the period of research,
when raw material is gathered and
organized, to be in a position to start
the creative act.

preparation
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Creativity

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Creativity
This is the stage when the problem is
laid to one side, allowing intuition,
emotion, and the unconscious mind to
ponder over it.

incubation
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Creativity

preparation incubation illumination verification

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Creativity
The moment when a solution presents
itself, albeit in a rough state.

illumination
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Creativity

preparation incubation illumination verification

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Creativity
The phase when the idea is worked
into a form that can be proven and
communicated to others.

verification
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Creativity

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Creativity

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Let’s Doodle
Doodling is one of the earliest ways in which we expressed our
creativity when we were younger. Seeing something out of
random scribbles is also a great way to exercise creativity.

Instructions:
1. Interpret what you think each scribble looks like—use your
imagination.

2. Begin adding to the squiggle. Draw in details or the

background to flesh out your interpretation.

3. Even if you can’t think of anything, just begin adding to it

until something tangible forms.
Here’s an example:
 analytical experimental
Left Right
practical emotional
Solve this Problem!
Problem solving is one of the best ways to bring both of
the left and right brain modes together. This is also one
of the ways we can exercise creativity on a day-to-day
basis (instead of looking for a canvas to paint on!).

Instructions:
Together with your partner, solve the problem that is
flashed on the screen. You will be given 5 minutes to
solve each problem.
 Matchstick mayhem!

Turn the fish by moving only

2 matches; no overlapping.
 Matchstick mayhem!

Move 6 matches so that 5

squares are formed.
 Matchstick mayhem!

Move 1 match to make a

square.
 Crossing the bridge!
A rock band has a concert that starts in 17 minutes and its members must
all cross a bridge to get there. All 4 men begin on the same side of the
bridge. You must help them across to the other side. It is night. There is 1
flashlight. A maximum of 2 people can cross at one time. Any pair or
individual that crosses must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight
must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown. Each band member
walks at a different speed.
A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man’s pace:
The singer: 1 minute to cross.
The guitarist: 2 minutes to cross.
The keyboard player: 5 minutes to cross.
The drummer: 10 minutes to cross.
For example, if the singer and the drummer walk across first, 10 minutes
have elapsed when they get to the other side of the bridge. If the drummer
then returns with the flashlight, a total of 20 minutes have passed and you
have failed the mission.
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