Comments on: Creativity Templates: Stealing with Soul or Clever Archeology? http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/03/creativity-templates-stealing-with-soul-or-clever-archeology/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: amnon http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/03/creativity-templates-stealing-with-soul-or-clever-archeology/#comment-761 amnon Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:08:34 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=252#comment-761 we call it Task Unification(: we call it Task Unification(:

]]> By: Haluk Mesci http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/03/creativity-templates-stealing-with-soul-or-clever-archeology/#comment-759 Haluk Mesci Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:59:39 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=252#comment-759 :) Thieving or stealing -even in the archeological sense- is the last thing I'd stomach. Study the old stuff, I would; learn from them, I definetely advocate; re-create similar in line for an advertising workshop, I always exercise. But my truenorth is making numerous other things with what I've got. Like our moms, never throwing out a left-over, always mixing different grains of this or that type of rice from the cupboard to make a colorful pilaf. :)

Thieving or stealing -even in the archeological sense- is the last thing I’d stomach. Study the old stuff, I would; learn from them, I definetely advocate; re-create similar in line for an advertising workshop, I always exercise. But my truenorth is making numerous other things with what I’ve got. Like our moms, never throwing out a left-over, always mixing different grains of this or that type of rice from the cupboard to make a colorful pilaf.

]]> By: amnon http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/03/creativity-templates-stealing-with-soul-or-clever-archeology/#comment-757 amnon Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:22:42 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=252#comment-757 Following your thieving (archeological, i mean) spirit, Haluk, this is what Peter Souter, Creative Director at AVM BBDO in London once wrote: "If you want to be a good novelist don't skimp on those trips to the library and don't go to bed early. If you want to be a good advertising creative go to a book shop and practise a lot." We used to hand out copies of this article in all our advertising workshops. The title was: Peter Souter argues that creativity can be taught. (Like stealing or digging, i guess(: Following your thieving (archeological, i mean) spirit, Haluk, this is what Peter Souter, Creative Director at AVM BBDO in London once wrote:
“If you want to be a good novelist don’t skimp on those trips to the library and don’t go to bed early. If you want to be a good advertising creative go to a book shop and practise a lot.”

We used to hand out copies of this article in all our advertising workshops. The title was: Peter Souter argues that creativity can be taught. (Like stealing or digging, i guess(:

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