1. Go to:www.thecreativityquiz.comTake the quizTHIS IS NOTGROUPWORKLeave up your score

2. Quiz Answers Explanations1. Creative types feel that the are very creative, regardless ofproof.2. There are two ways to spell cat, forwards and backwards.3. Being very willing to listen to other's opinions lets you see/hearthings from a different perspective.4. Working on several different solutions to a problem is howcreative geniuses exercise their creativity.5. True creative geniuses always organize their ideas. Doing sohelps them process and recollect their thoughts.6. Never following a routine lets geniuses experience new thingsevery day.7. True creative geniuses are motivated by their ability to changethe world.8. Having a promising and positive outlook on problemsempowers geniuses to find solutions.9. Creative geniuses enjoy being creative, and try to createsomething new every single day.10. If you loved doing this quiz then you were open to feedback, atrait of all creative geniuses. 3. Define Creativity:How does the idea that creativity is our heart speakingsome personal truth change the importance of creativethought and/or action? 4. Look at this Chart and think of your averageday. Think about time spent on certainactivitiesJust asourspirituallife canoverlayour dailyactivitiesourcreativelife can aswell, oncewebecomemoreaware ofourcreativeprocess 5. Now we will warm up our brain abit1.Grab 2 differentcolored markers2.Grab 2 sheets ofpaper1.Watch me at theeaselPlay alongResearchers from the University of Utah found with brain imagingthat people don't use the right sides of their brains any more thanthe left sides of their brains, or vice versa. This exercise gets ourwhole brain working together. 6. Lets play for a moment use the disks at yourtable to make this layout:Right nowthearrowhead pointsdown.Moving only 3 disksmake thearrowhead pointup.Did you getit? 7. Creativity is not art, art is a byproduct of creativethinking.Ways to Kick Start Creativity1. Steal Others WorkObserve the greats andrecreate what they did. It willautomatically pull outsomething that is your own aswell. Start by standing onthe shoulders of giants.Embrace your influencesbecause there is no suchthing as originality.*Hunter S. Thompson retypedThe Great Gatsby word forword to know how it felt towrite the great AmericanNovel.*Richard Pryor started out by2. SubtractLets Steal this idea andsubtract words from somenewspaper articlesgraban article and asharpieand since the #3way to kick start creativityis to IMPOSELIMITATIONSlets giveourselves 5 minutes tocreate a blackout poem.Telling yourself you have allthe time money and resourcesin the world kills creativity Jack WhiteTaking an idea down toits essential elementsclarifies the idea.Subtract the parts youdont need as you go.If a man writes clearlyenough anyone can see if hefakes. If he mystifies to avoida straight statement, the writeronly takes longer time to be 8. 3. Limitation andStructureMore choice actually makes usless happy.Robert Rodriguez actually asks forless money when making moviesbecause he feels it makes himwork smarter.Dr. Seuss was limited to 50 words4. or less Combine for Green ElementsEggs and Hamand it is one of the best sellingchildrens books ever!Synthesis, when done effectivelycreates something new. Linking the un-linkableproves possibility exists wherewe didnt think it did.Steve Jobs didnt invent music he justmade it easier to access. Picasso didntinvent paint just painted differently.Remixing is creativity. 9. 1.Grab a word out of the grab bag at yourtable2.Since COLLABORATION can enhanceideaswork together with a partner tocombine your words and createsomething new3.You can create an object of art, pitch fora movie, new gadget, anything thatmakes sense to you that synthesis bothof the words4. Use sketch paper if youd like tobrainstormbe ready to share your 10. #5: A.B.O.AlwaysBeOpenEmbrace experiences and allow themto change you. To be creative youmust always be seeking new ideas,opportunities and possibility. Thatmeans exposing yourself to failureoften.Take a moment to write down 3experiences that shaped whoyou are. 11. Be VulnerableOn a post it notewrite down no more than 5people in your life who have opinions thatreally matter to you.Creatives are capable offacing difficulty and using itto help them grow. 12. Face FearOur creative selves knowthat if there is something wefear, there is something to belearned.Where there is tension therecan be true beauty. Ashumans we must be willingto face heartbreak, deathand loss to bear witness tothe life we have. If you aregoing to say yes to life wesay yes to it all and findbeauty in all of it. Even thethings that scare us. Foroften it is passing throughthat fear that gives us ourbiggest rewards. 13. If creativity is our heart voiceWe are all creative and have something to express. It israw human potential.Creativity is the largest factor in our day to day life.It gave us all our buildings, our culture, our ability to defygravity.We need to value individual voice and creative thought,and this includes our own. As teachers we are modelingwhat it means to have a creative life for our students, ourchildren, ourselves.Find a way to express yourselfbe it cooking, or dancing,singing or painting, writing or woodworking. We will needyou to use it in the teacher talent show.