Last March in the Dominican Republic, I watched a craftsman build a palapa or tiki hut from wood and palms. I recorded the process in pictures and have wanted to share it ever since. But how is the construction of a tropical palapa relevant to a Toronto audience? Especially a wintry Toronto audience. That was my stumbling block.
Till now. The other day, on Inhabitat.com, I read this story about how volunteers turned 7,000 plastic pop bottles into a shingled roof. Guess what? It looks just like my palapa.
That’s the soul of creativity: making a new connection between two previously unconnected ideas.
So think about it. Where can you see new relationships between things? What 1 + 1 can you put together to invent something new? Get out your pop bottles.
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But that is how I build my blog posts. Some pictures, some links, a few ideas. Tumble them around at the back of my mind. Then a blog post unscrolls as the end of the tangle works free.
We need only look around… but really look! to be inspired to create.
Cheers, Sarah and Helen!!
Hope Toronto is not too chilly today;-]
Great slide show! I get the seed of lots of ideas from reading blogs like yours. Creativity is mysterious, but I have found this – the more ideas you have, the more ideas you will have.
Creativity comes from everywhere and anything. Just pick one thing out real or imagined and a new idea will surface.
It's quite a feat those palm roofs! I don't think I'd have the patience. But I could most definitely spend a day playing with the palms anyways. Right about now would be good 🙂
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I'd feel proud if I could make one of them.
Lucy