#see differently

With this series of creativity prompters we aim to motivate you to systematically build into your day-to-day routine, moments of play, inspiration and reflection that will help you stretch your imagination, shift your lens which can lead you to discover more, ask more questions and connect the seemingly unconnected more readily.

Our perception of things can be altered simply by changing the angle we choose to look at it - like magnifying an object with a pair of binoculars. Creativity arises from our ability to see things from many different angles.

Here are some tips for engaging in your creativity explorations as suggested by Keri Smith in ‘How to be an explorer of the world’

Use all of your senses and perspectives to ‘see’: sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, movement, texture, function, symbol, language (definition, words) subjectively, objectively comparisons, contrast, negative space, symmetrically, colour, in parts, anecdotally, historically, artistically, scientifically, metaphysically, contextually, culturally, politically, ritualistically, aesthetically, micro, macro, in multiple, alone, 3D, abstractedly, mythically, directionally, linearly, as a habit, as a device, as a sign, lightheartedly.

What you’ll need to take along on your explorations

You won't need any fancy materials or apparatus; use whatever you have. All you really need is your idea notebook and pencils. Neither will you need to engage in any scientific methodology. Use simple methods: writing, sketching, collecting objects, pressing, tracing, plasticine (clay type substance), recording (sounds or conversations) and printmaking using objects. With your smartphones and tablets you can make a movie (perhaps at an unusual angle), take photos, record sounds etc.

What 3 things you definitely need to bring along on your mini creativity explorations

Trust in your imagination; it’s the source of all true journeys

Curiosity - look closer, for things are not always what they seem

Be open - anything can happen!

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