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Here's what my father, Peter Kilham, had to say about creativity and the birds:
Sayings of Chairman Kilham
1 - Creative visionary is somebody who is imaginative, persistent, and has a multifaceted mind.
2 - Every successful project or company starts with a creative visionary.
3 - You should notice all things, however unrelated to your quest they may seem.
4 - Unleash your curiosity, quest for knowledge, and propensity for noticing things.
5 - Project your mind into imagination space, focusing on all the interrelated aspects of what you are creating.
6 - Emotion is part of the creative formula.
7 - To create your Eureka moment, you must move your mind beyond the existing thinking about the subject.
8 - You must try to move out of your conscious world and focus your mind in a new place occupied only by the creation.
9 - Bring in experts and specialists whenever and wherever appropriate.
10 -A common mistake is to be overly protective about your novel idea.
11 - Focus on the practical, useful, needed and beautiful.
12 - Be persistent. Don’t give up!
13 - Project your mind to a special little world encompassed by this project you are creating.
14 - Much more information is stored in our unconscious mind than our conscious mind.
15 - In the intensive imagination and invention process, the unconscious memory is searched for clues and ideas.
16 - Thinking in pictures and images is another approach to imagination.
17 -Times of tension and danger often seem to foster creative and inventive efforts.
18 - Imagination opens your room to fresh air, bright outdoor light and new ideas.
19 - Creativity and innovation are the way out to new frontiers.
20 - Education is the basic force for insuring productive change from generation to generation.
21 - We must inculcate the value and methods of good research in our student population.
22 - Without the sense of importance of empirical truth, the relevance of reality is lost and progress is stalled.
23 - It is important for children to be interested in creative accomplishments at an early age.
24 - Many people feel a sense of “Why bother?” because it appears that the world has run out of possibilities.
25 - Times of insight and creativity come and go with the ebb and flow of unexploited knowledge.
26 - The world can benefit from the combination of all the bright new minds coming up through the educational systems.
27 - People must see that the universe is available to them.
28 - Children should realize that there is an infinite future for them.
29 - Creativity has never been more important than now.
30 - Dreams are the starting points in great creations.
2 - Every successful project or company starts with a creative visionary.
3 - You should notice all things, however unrelated to your quest they may seem.
4 - Unleash your curiosity, quest for knowledge, and propensity for noticing things.
5 - Project your mind into imagination space, focusing on all the interrelated aspects of what you are creating.
6 - Emotion is part of the creative formula.
7 - To create your Eureka moment, you must move your mind beyond the existing thinking about the subject.
8 - You must try to move out of your conscious world and focus your mind in a new place occupied only by the creation.
9 - Bring in experts and specialists whenever and wherever appropriate.
10 -A common mistake is to be overly protective about your novel idea.
11 - Focus on the practical, useful, needed and beautiful.
12 - Be persistent. Don’t give up!
13 - Project your mind to a special little world encompassed by this project you are creating.
14 - Much more information is stored in our unconscious mind than our conscious mind.
15 - In the intensive imagination and invention process, the unconscious memory is searched for clues and ideas.
16 - Thinking in pictures and images is another approach to imagination.
17 -Times of tension and danger often seem to foster creative and inventive efforts.
18 - Imagination opens your room to fresh air, bright outdoor light and new ideas.
19 - Creativity and innovation are the way out to new frontiers.
20 - Education is the basic force for insuring productive change from generation to generation.
21 - We must inculcate the value and methods of good research in our student population.
22 - Without the sense of importance of empirical truth, the relevance of reality is lost and progress is stalled.
23 - It is important for children to be interested in creative accomplishments at an early age.
24 - Many people feel a sense of “Why bother?” because it appears that the world has run out of possibilities.
25 - Times of insight and creativity come and go with the ebb and flow of unexploited knowledge.
26 - The world can benefit from the combination of all the bright new minds coming up through the educational systems.
27 - People must see that the universe is available to them.
28 - Children should realize that there is an infinite future for them.
29 - Creativity has never been more important than now.
30 - Dreams are the starting points in great creations.
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