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What Ming Thein thinks about creativity

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Photographer and writer based in Malaysia who publishes long-form camera, lens and photography-book reviews, essays and photoessays at blog.mingthein.com.

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  1. Our readingCreative work should feel liberating and produce order and beauty from incoherent parts.

    Their wordsAnything creative (except perhaps accounting) should come with a sense of liberation and the satisfaction of having made order and beauty out of incoherent parts.

    ↗Full circleblog.mingthein.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingPlanned creative work is limited by one's means and imagination, while serendipitous work is unbounded by chance and the subconscious.

    Their wordsPlanned images are limited by one's means and imagination. Serendipitous ones are unlimited by chance and one's subconscious.

    ↗Full circleblog.mingthein.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  5. Our readingCreativity consists of curiosity combined with the foresight to imagine what a new combination of ideas could produce.

    curiosity

    Their wordsI believe creativity is really two parts: curiosity and the ability to not just ask "what if?", but also use some foresight to imagine the potential outcome.

    ↗What is creativity?blog.mingthein.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  7. Our readingCreativity is never created from nothing but is always a derivation from existing elements, with greater creativity meaning a more distant derivation.

    Their wordscreativity is never about making something out of nothing: it's always derivative in a way, even if 'more creativity' means a more distant derivation: 1+1=5, instead of 1+1=3.

    ↗What is creativity?blog.mingthein.com 3rd of 3 in this piece