Since writing the post on creativity I have been trying to make some connections of my own. Something that would explain the mechanics behind creativity and perhaps the nature of the thinker too. And then it struck me, the connections that Steve Jobs was referring to as the origin of creativity is very similar to [...]
Optimized for Scarcity
December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Two quotes that I had come across recently dealt with our human ability to deal, or not deal, with the excess of anything. Do read through. First is from Bruce Chatwin, On the origins of human restlessness: What I learned there—together with what I now knew about the Songlines—seemed to confirm the conjecture I had [...]
Origin of Religious Species
January 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The churn of a storm, the lightning that tears open the skies, the wasted colors to beautify a moment’s horizon. Each, in the mind and heart of perceiving man, gives birth to awe. That unique state where, bereft of understanding, there stands a heightened state mingled with fear. And some might argue a state of [...]
An Idea is a Stumbling Block
January 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
photo credit: simonsterg Ideas are dime a dozen. Anyone with imagination, and an ounce of logic, can spin a ton of them. Turning these ideas into reality is always a challenge. I came across this neat article on MSDN magazine on pushing your ideas to reality. The quote that struck a distinct chord in me [...]
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