The Joy of Creativity, The Happiness of play

Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play

A Picture of my cousin at aged 4  playing with building blocks.

 I think she was trying to create a giraffe.

Tim brown tells us that adults are conservative in thinking creatively as they fear being judged by their peers. On the hand, children are more fearless. People tend to play when they are more familiar with the environment or the people. Hence, “friendship is a shortcut to play.” Therefore, creative firms like google spend time in creating a playful environment for their employees.

Adults gravitate to categorize new things quickly which limits their originality. However, children’s minds spreads out like a universe. This allows them to explore before they jump into conclusion. Hence, they often have more original ideas.

Unlike the adults in my family,
my cousin tried so hard to get her kite
in the sky. when it finally went up her reaction
was priceless. 

Children often learn through ‘construction play’, it is a powerful and effective way to learn. By repetitive building and knocking down a tower of blocks, they learn a lot. This learning by trial and error. Similarly, “thinking with your hands” is carried out by designers, where they create solution with prototypes using simple elements.

Research shows that kids’ behavior suggests that they learn from adults. Therefore, they learn about social interaction at a young age though role-play. Similarly, when adults role-play, it help them to resolve whether it can be used in reality.

In conclusion, the things we learn when we’re children is are proves that we can be both serious and playful, which will helps to be creative.