20150530, Article, Taichung

[Jasmine0316]

網站 http://www.happyforum.org/ 歡迎超連結並轉寄網址
論壇 http://www.happyforum.org/happy/ 歡迎至論壇討論

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Time：第 313次例會，2015年5月30日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: James
Assistant Host:

Topic:
The Creative Life and Well-Being
Source:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bea ... ell-being/

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區大業路182號 Mos Burger
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:
1. Please share one or two things which make your life more meaningful.

2. Game1: Why does Einstein love the Internet?

3. As we know that John F. Nash Jr.(the Nobel Laureate in Economics) has passed away recently, do you think Nash's life is happy, meaningful or both? (Nash was very creative in his research, but he also suffered from mental illness.)

4. Game 2: Please choose one paragraph of this article and read it backwards.

5. According to this article, why do you think the creative life should contain both good and bad experiences? Why can’t we be creative only with good or bad experiences?

6. It’s your turn! Everyone, please try your best to bring a creative game/toy/song/painting/book..…. to share with us. Thanks for your cooperation!


例會須知
時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各分會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會會員會費及各分會會員會費及入場費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
參與例會，請勿討論政治/種族/宗教/性，經勸導無效者，不得參加本會任何活動
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883

[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers,

“I need inspiration. Honey, do you mind putting the toothpaste on my toothbrush?” Hey, don’t worry. It was the creative morning routine and authentic well-being of Sigmund Freud’s.

How do you construct your curious corner to be more inviting to your muse? Taichung Happiers’ best friend Albert Einstein chose the most enduring cornerstone. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” For this weekend, our first-time host James, an academic research enthusiast, is pitching a theme--which couldn’t be more important to us--The Creative Life and Well-Being. Welcome to join us in exploring our creativity together.

American psychologist and educator Martin Seligman proposed the elements of well-being: “Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.” The pursuit of well-being is a journey with no ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lEamu1xkBk Yet creativity can be the most involved agent of our well-being. Why? George Lois, an American art director and author acknowledged the role creativity plays: “Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.”

What creative process works best for you? Are we confident enough to embrace more ideas without judgment, analyze them according to our collective resources, and plan for the implementation to thrive? Are we brave enough to correct ourselves? Having collaborated with leaders at distinguished organizations, such as Google, Coca-Cola, and Bank of America, Tony Schwartz interpreted how the creative thinking stages dance back and forth between right and left hemisphere dominance. https://hbr.org/2011/11/how-to-think-creatively.html While doing what we love creatively, we feel the sparks strike and forget everything but enjoying being present. When we start to create, the freedom of well-being is forever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9L362b4TE

Creativity is innate—we don’t always use it effectively, though. To cultivate the creative habit, we have been encouraged to find the balance between divergent thinking and convergent thinking, and blend art with science; the music of hybrid-thinking-is-the-solution has been turned up. How can creativity lift us to self-actualization, organizational growth, and humanity? Ask Leonardo, shall we? http://www.amazon.com/Leonardos-Brain-Understanding-Vincis-Creative/dp/1491529822

Let us also take a peek at Michelangelo’s happiness of creating the angel in the marble.
From “Sonnet addressed to Vittoria Colonna” (by Michelangelo)
As when, O lady mine,
With chiselled touch
The stone unhewn and cold
Becomes a living mould,
The more the marble wastes,
The more the statue grows.

Finding, using, and sharing creativity is more than rewarding. Award-winning author Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) reassured us “You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” So, come join us to have more. Oh, and you can pack this exercise in your creative bag, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyp9qoRBfh0





With Gratitude,
Jasmine

[Kevin01]

20150530, Gathering, Taichung