Carlos Whittaker

Apr09

Creative Chaos // 6

Posted by loswhit in Creative Chaos

Welcome to another installment of our virtual creative conference.
PLEASE GO READ THE RULES FOR INVOLVEMENT HERE!!!
This week is going to be a bit different.
I want us to post on where it is that we go to find our personal creativity.
And it HAS to be outside the office.
And Tell Us Why…

Me.
Easy.
Starbucks @ Tower Place and Piedmont.
Why?
Because that place is ALWAYS hosting the hustle.
Suits swooning over each other in interviews and deals being made.
Right in the heart of Buckhead and a 3 minute walk from my office.
When I sit in there, I see all the people who could come into the doors of my church.
And I create for them.
Next to them.
Now it is your turn.
Where do you find your greatest creative outlet takes place?
YOU MUST DO A CREATIVE CHAOS POST ON YOUR OWN BLOG AND LINK BACK HERE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE!!!

That way we all get the love.
Los

http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

hands down for me where i get creative is when doing a mundane task. taking a shower, doing the dishes, vacuuming, folding laundry.
http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

i guess i should have read the new rules before i posted my blog. sorry los.
http://spencesmith.typepad.com Spence Smith

My most creative ideas come to me when i’m in the shower or running…or…when i’m in the rocky mountains. I find the most random places as well. Plane flights are the best for me too. all of these places i can get lost in…well not the shower…but my mind can get quite and listen…
http://chadwright.wordpress.com Chad Wright

Done and done. Traveling Thursday. Everybody have fun.
http://createdtopraise.wordpress.com Becky

Love the question this week! I could talk the horns off a billy goat on this subject. But for the sake of blogdom, I kept it simple.
http://cdenning.wordpress.com cdenning

i kinda posted before reading, whoops. I get my creativity by being with the creative people I love. I feed off their ideas and energy, just like a band. Creating in that environment is butter.

cd
http://ananthologyofthoughts.wordpress.com David

Los, Thanks for the forum to share ideas and gain creative inspiration. This blog is a great source for creativity. I personally have gained a lot from the posts on this site and I hope I am able to in return share thoughts, insights and ideas on my own blog. That’s the great thing about blogging.

http://ananthologyofthoughts.wordpress.com
http://pinkhairedgirl.net Crystal Renaud

sadly, or maybe not sadly, i have decided just yet, but my creative place is absolute “zoneness” – i can be in the office but i HAVE to be wearing my ear buds, i have to be left alone. it is my introvertness. i also find creativity through the sheer opportunity to be creative. have you ever been in a position where your creativity is halted, micromanaged or smothered? it is suffocated place to be. who can actually be creative in that kind of environment?

what needs to be taught and learned… is simply this… some people are born to be analytical and logical, but some are just born to think outside of the box and can’t be bound by any sort of dimensions… let them.
http://www.transformedbywords.com alexsandra

great question!
I’m inspired at Starbucks too…
http://jimdrake.blogspot.com Jim Drake

Creativity for me comes in many places: the city, the theater, the movies, coffee shops, museums, travel, shops and more.
http://www.vagabondrunn.wordpress.com Kyle Reese

I like how simple you’ve been this week with your creative chaos entry.

I would say most of us will sit here and think to ourselves, “what is something amazing(as in big lights, in awe of) we can enter for Creative Chaos”. You have stripped that down and done something that is creative in an amazing way, just a different type of amazing.

Good post.
http://www.bradruggles.com Brad Ruggles

I love the Creative Chaos series. Great way to exchange ideas and build the creative community. Keep em coming!

Brad Ruggles
http://www.bradruggles.com
http://www.simplyfusin.info steve h

I look forward to Creative Chaos every week. Helps us all see and share ideas! Keep them coming!!
http://karlo.wordpress.com Karl Fisher

It was time to finally jump in on the conversation. What is it about coffee that breeds creativity?
http://www.readscott.com Read Scott

I wish I was creative so I could participate. This is a little exclusive, isn’t it? (j/k)
http://www.dereksweatman.blogspot.com Derek Sweatman

http://dereksweatman.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/creative-chaos-weigh-in/
http://www.denverintranslation.com Mark Thomas

I like to compose in silence. Let my mind travel without limitation. Write it all down later, once it’s finished.

Mark Thomas
http://www.Denver In Translation .com
http://godrums.blogspot.com West

Ours isn’t so much “creativity” as it is just trying something new. I have tons of creative ideas….some I steal from Buckhizzle and others I try to come up w/on my own.
http://blog.visualtrademark.com CJ

My daughter is my best source of creativity. Trying to think like a child can bring out the best creative chaos.

http://blog.visualtrademark.com
http://micahanderica.blogspot.com Micah Foster

Yosemite Falls
E

so i am lame and don’t have a blog but my best creative moments come while i am cooking or baking.
amg

i definitely agree with almost everyone’s input. creativity comes through so many activities and processes. i could name so many places and things that inspire me, but on my post i limited it to two: the coffee shop and cleaning/exercise.
http://www.judifree.com Judith Thomas

YOU! Carlos – YOU help me be creative. Thanks!

http://judifree.com
http://conisong.wordpress.com coni andress

Wow! I am so happy that I have successfully done the Mr. Linky thing. I am feeling very creative now.
I have a job that requires me to create before I actually begin the work. That is why my back yard garden spot is so well suited for my creative juices to flow.
That is not to say that I do not have to be creative on the job! In the film industry, that can be anywhere! I have felt like I needed to pull a hairstyle out of my butt before. Talk about creative.
http://jeffreygibson.typepad.com Jeff Gibson

creativity. it’s all about people. that and God.
http://www.rickscheibner.net Rick

Done. Thanks Los.
http://petecarino.blogspot.com Peter Carino

I just posted on my blog. Hope it’s not too late.