Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat's ear," says designer Scott Love, "but only the wisest of cats would think to look there." Don't miss the obvious. What are you overlooking? What's the most obvious thing you can do? What resources and solutions are right in front of you?
This has always been one of my favorite Creative Whacks. I find that there are two main ways I attempt to "See the Obvious." The first is to get away from the problem. How many times have you found the obvious solution after you've been exercising, or gone to the beach, or were reading a great piece of fiction?
My second method is to "Simplify." What I try to do is write a paragraph about my problem. After some effort, I try to simplify the concepts in the paragraph down to a sentence. By then, the obvious has come out.
It seems pretty obvious to me, but then everything does.
Posted by: Orville Mars | 29 September 2006 at 02:06 PM