There is a very famous film of Picasso painting live. About halfway through creating an effortless masterpiece he says “ Ca va tres mal” (it’s going very badly). Even someone like Picasso struggled to get a painting to go where he wanted it to go. It’s his self-belief, confidence and self-trust that allows him to work through the “bad” stage and experience that tells him that he can make it right. I’m certainly not in that league, but that helped me to understand that I should push through (although sometime you can try too hard and take a sketch too far) and trust my instinct.
Creative thinking is something we can all train ourselves to do. This video explains the relationship between Creative Thinking and Emotion and how Emotions inform everything we do.
Is it joy that makes us grateful or is it gratitude that makes us joyful? Mathew McConnaughey tells us that gratitude and happiness are more than just a state of mind.
How Emotions guide Decision-Making. There is a clear connection between emotion and decision-making. Creative thinking is just another way of making decisions.