True Creativity

I've been looking for the authors for these two quotes for some time with no success:

"True Creativity does not come from a blank page, it comes from what you do with what's already on the page."

Rarely do we have the luxury of a true "blank page."  Rarely can we completely start over.  Often there are people, processes or tools to contend with.  This is meant to encourage one to be bold, to find ways to be creative within constraints that are not of your own making.

"True Creativity comes when you start slashing zeroes from the budget."

Someone trying to build a new park in their community was facing budget cuts. Instead of ordering everything from a catalog and paying a contractor to install everything, they ended up meeting with the community, learning what the community really needed, and then asking the community to pitch in with supplies, labor and materials.  In the end, the community had a labor of love that more uniquely fit their needs and in which they had pride of ownership.

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Are there areas in your life where allowing circumstance (the items already on the page) to discourage you from being creative?  

Feed Sift (10/26/2018)

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VENTUREBEAT.COM -- Icon raises $9 million to fight homelessness with 3D-printed homes built in 24 hours

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SKILLET.LIFEHACKER.COM -- Why You Should Save Every Drop of Bacon Grease

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GATESNOTES.COM -- Climate change and the 75% problem

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ARCHITECTURALDIGEST.COM -- 29 Kitchens with Incredible Style

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FASTCOMPANY.COM -- A device that can pull drinking water from the air just won the latest XPrize

Q&A: word up

October 21 - What new word have you learned?



2014 - Sadly, can't think of any. There was lots of big words in Black Swan* but I'm trying to forget them.
*In a later year, I drew an arrow and wrote "the book"



2015 - I don't know. I definitely need some.



2016 - Not sure. - entered October 24



2017 - Not sure. - entered October 23



2018 - I'm not sure, though today I read a lot about the different levels of homicide on Wikipedia. - entered December 16

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Q&A: motnouveau

October 21 - What new word have you learned?

2014 - Sadly, can't think of any. There was lots of words in Black Swan (in later years I've drawn an arrow and written "the book") but I'm trying to forget them.

2015 - I don't know. I definitely need some.

2016 - Not sure. - entered Oct. 24

2017 - Not sure. - entered Oct. 23

2018 - approxtimate - entered Dec. 3

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Q&A: 12345

October 20 - Who do you count on?

2014 - God - "While you're waiting for God to open a door, praise Him in the hallway." - entered Oct. 22

2015 - God

2016 - God - entered Oct. 24

2017 - God - entered Oct. 23

2018 - God - entered Dec. 3

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Q&A: Charge It

October 19 - What was your last credit card purchase?

2014 - Haircut - entered Oct. 21

2015 - Mod Pizza (dinner date night)

2016 - Menchies - entered Oct. 24

2017 - A doughnut - not for me - for Ellie - entered Oct. 27

2018 - Car repairs for Lori's car - entered Nov. 24

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Feed Sift (10/19/2018)

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VENTUREBEAT.COM -- How do developers hook U.S. mobile gamers? Achievements and progress tracking

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MEDIUM.LEARNINGBYSHIPPING.COM -- M&A: Expectations in Venture Integration

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DISCOVERLOSANGELES.COM -- American Airlines & LAWA Break Ground on $1.6 Billion Renovation of LAX Terminals 4 & 5

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SETHS.BLOG -- Triggers and cycles

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VITALS.LIFEHACKER.COM -- Why You Keep Hearing About a Polio-Like 'Mystery Illness' Among Children