{"id":536,"date":"2011-11-29T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siriuspress.com\/studio\/?p=536"},"modified":"2011-11-30T09:08:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T14:08:50","slug":"being-prepared-to-be-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.siriuspress.com\/studio\/2011\/11\/being-prepared-to-be-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Prepared to Be Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter: @garymurning<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine. Photographed September 21, 1927.<\/p><\/div>\n

Whilst thinking about how to approach writing this piece on creativity, I happened to mention the subject on Twitter. When I introduce particular themes to my followers, it’s quite often a deliberate attempt to get ideas bouncing back and forth, in order that I might discover a new angle. On this occasion, however, it was just a passing mention. I mean, I’ve been writing for over twenty years\u2014what could anyone out there really tell me about creativity?<\/p>\n

Well, quite a lot, it would appear. One of my followers immediately mentioned Sir Ken Robinson\u2014leader in education, creativity and innovation\u2014and I dutifully trotted along to YouTube to check out his talks. (Incidentally, I highly recommend you take a look; apart from his lectures being very informative, he’s also a very amusing chap.)<\/p>\n

Robinson’s focus in the first video I watched was on the way in which we “[educate] people out of their creative capacities”. This struck an immediate chord but, more than this, it was his focus on being prepared to be wrong that particularly hit home. Admittedly, this was in part because it flattered my own creative philosophy, supporting thoughts I’ve had for some time but never really examined (for fear that looking too closely might steal away the magic!), but, also, it struck me as eminently sensible and something that isn’t addressed often enough.<\/p>\n