Sparks of Genius

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Based on the book byRobert & Michele

Root-BernsteinBonnie CramondUGA

SparksofGenius

The ! Thinkin" Tools

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+Assumptions & Understandin"s

1 Creative thinking in all felds occurs preverbally,

be ore logic or linguistics comes into play, mani estingitsel through emotions, intuitions, images, and bodilyeelings.

2 Creative thinking is integrative and transdisciplinary.

(The most beautiful thin" )e can e*perience is the mysterious+ ,tis the source of all true art and all science+ e to )hom thisemotion is a stran"er. )ho can no lon"er pause to )onderand stand rapt in a)e. is as "ood as dead/ his eyes areclosed+0 1instein

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++ #bser in"

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++ #bser in"

3escribe the people in the picture+

,s someone holdin" somethin"4$hat4

,s someone )earin" a hat4 $ho43escribe the hat+

$hat is the relationship amon"these people4

$hat season is it4

3o you kno) )ho the people in thepicture are4

$hat did you obser e in youren ironment outside of thepicture4

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+2+ ,ma"in"

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,ma"ine a day at the beach

Close your eyes and try tocon7ure i id ima"es as ,read this passa"e


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+!+ Abstractin"

M1M#,R ,8 S,9 $#R3SSum up your life :to date; in si* )ords

Cra)l. step. run. step. cra)l. lay+

Broke+ 'ayday+ Broke+ 'ayday+ Broke+ 'ayday +++

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+5+ Reco"ni@in" 'atterns

Reco"ni@in" patterns isone of humanity


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+6+ ormin" 'atterns

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+ ?+ Analo"i@in" E


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+ ?+ Analo"i@in" F


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++ Body Thinkin"

$here is your mind4

,f you play a sport or a musical instrument. )hat happens if you thinkabout )hat your body is doin"4

The mind is not the brain. nor is it con ned to the brain+

$hen stuck on a problem. 3ar)in )alked. 1instein played the iolin+

Many "reat thinkers ha e used body mo ement to stimulate thou"ht+ 1instein. like many "reat thinkers. described pre-symbolic thinkin"+

That is. the reception of thou"ht that is neither picture. nor )ord. nornumeral+ ,t is percei ed rst in the body. then becomes symbolic+

(,t is by no means necessary that a concept be tied to a sensorilyreco"ni@able and reproducible si"n :)ord;. but )hen this is the case.then thinkin" becomes capable of bein" communicated+ , ha e nodoubt that our thinkin" "oes on for the most part )ithout use ofsi"ns :)ords; and beyond that to a considerable de"reeunconsciously+0 1instein


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+D+ 1mpathi@in"

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ridin" a li"ht beam toconceptuali@e relati ity

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,samu 8o"ushi (Core0in ited isitors to. ('ut yourhand inside and you )illkno) )hat the inside of astone feels like+0

1instein%s e*perience of ridin"a beam of li"ht enabled him to con-ceptuali@e relati ity+


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+ Synectics

#ne step in the creati eproblem sol in" process ofsynectics is creatin" a personal

analo"y+ or e*ample. to sol ethe problem of ho) to shipapples )ithout bruisin" them.an indi idual mi"ht think aboutho) sHhe )ould )ant to beshipped if sHhe )ere an apple+

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+E+ 3imensional Thinkin"

, sa) the an"el in themarble and car ed until ,set him free+ Michelangelo

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An e*otic n-sphere is a sphere fromthe point of ie) of topolo"y+ But itis not eIui alent to a standard n-sphere from the point of ie) ofdiJerential calculus+


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+F+ Modelin"

he Borromean ringsconsist of threetopological circles whichare linked and form aBrunnian link, i.e.,

removing any ringresults in two unlinkedrings.

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The Borromean rings consistof three topological circleswhich are linked and form aBrunnian link, i.e., removingany ring results in twounlinked rings


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++ 'layin"

Keri Mullis. nobel pri@e)inner for disco erin" the'olymerase Chain Reaction.a techniIue )hich allo)s asmall strand of 38A to becopied almost an in nitenumber of times. said thathe disco ered it )hileplayin"+ e )as dri in"alon" the Californiacoastline. thinkin" ofmolecules like Tinkertoys.and they fell into place

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+2+ Transformin"

Take a strip of paper. "i e itone t)ist and "lue the endsto"ether+

3ra) a line alon" themiddle of the strip theentire len"th+ ,s the shape2-dimensional or !-dimensional4

Cut the strip alon" the linein the middle+ $hat do you"et4

Cut the ne) strip do)n themiddle. )hat do you "et4

,n esti"ate )hat happens)hen the strip has an oddor e en number of halft)ists before 7oinin" and isthen cut+

MLbius strip


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+M+C+ 1scher%s Artistic >ie) of

theMLbius Strip

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+!+ Synthesi@in"

Creati e people combinethou"hts. elds. senses.modes. etc+ in the process andthe result is e*perienced as a)hole+

3esmond Morris biolo"ist.popular author. painter

+ (Becomes0 the animal he isstudyin"+

2+ Studies the characteristics of

the animal as a scientist and asan artist+

!+ Uses and e*tends biolo"icalprocesses in creatin" ima"inarycreatures. )hich he callsbiomorphs. in his art+

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+ The Key to Usin" the ! Sparks

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+ Be a)are of your thinkin" :metaco"nition;

2+ Be strate"ic about your thinkin"

!+ Use all thinkin" skills possible

5+ Reco"ni@e your stren"ths and de elopyour )eaknesses

6+ 'ractice

?+ Combine

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+ A True StoryWashington, DC Metro Station on a cold anuary morning in !""#.$he man with a violin played si% Bach pieces for a&out '(

minutes. During that time appro%. ! thousand people wentthrough the station, most of them on their way to work.

• )fter * minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musicianplaying. e slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds andthen hurried to meet his schedule.

• ' minutes later the violinist received his rst dollar a womanthrew the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued towalk..

• / minutes ) young man leaned against the wall to listen to him,then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

• 0" minutes ) *1year old &oy stopped &ut his mother tugged himalong hurriedly. $he kid stopped to look at the violinist again, &utthe mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turninghis head all the time. $his action was repeated &y several otherchildren. 2very parent, without e%ception, forced their childrento move on 3uickly.

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+ 4o one knew this, &ut the violinist was oshuaBell, one of the greatest musicians in the world.

e played one of the most intricate pieces ever

written, with a violin worth 5*.( million dollars.$wo days &efore oshua Bell sold out a theater inBoston where the seats averaged 50"". $his is atrue story. oshua Bell playing incognito in themetro station was organi6ed &y the Washington7ost as part of a social e%periment a&outperception, taste and people8s priorities. $he3uestions raised in a common place environmentat an inappropriate hour, do we perceive &eauty9Do we stop to appreciate it9 Do we recogni6etalent in an une%pected conte%t9 :ne possi&leconclusion reached from this e%periment could &ethis ;f we do not have a moment to stop andlisten to one of the &est musicians in the world,playing some of the nest music ever written,with one of the most &eautiful instruments evermade.... ow many other things are we missing9http/HH)))+youtube+comH)atch4 NmyIDup@=3=c

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+ ) :)?S in mind0. 2mphasi6e the teaching of universal processes of invention inaddition to the ac3uisition of disciplinary products ofknowledge.

!. $each the intuitive and imaginative skills necessary to inventiveprocesses

*. ;mplement a multidisciplinary education that places the arts onan e3ual footing with the sciences

'. ;ntegrate the curriculum &y using a common descriptivelanguage for innovation

(. 2mphasi6e the transdisiplinary lessons of disciplinary learning

/. @se the e%periences of people who have successfully &ridgeddisciplines as e%emplars of creative activity within our curricula

#. ;deas in every discipline should &e presented in many forms inorder to reach the widest range of mindsA

=. orge a pioneering education, whose purpose it is to producethe imaginative generalists who can take us into the unchartedfutureA

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