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First published 2001
Copyright © Tony Buzan 2001
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Plate section illustrations by Alan and Emily Burton
Text illustrations by Alan Burton and Jennie Dooge
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Source ISBN: 9780722540503
Ebook Edition © MAY 2017 ISBN: 9780007499526
Version: 2017-06-15
The Power of Creative Intelligence is fondly and warmly dedicated to Lesley and Teri Bias; my mum, Jean Buzan; Lorraine Gill, Vanda North, Nicky and Strilli Oppenheimer, Dr Petite Rao, Caroline Shott and Carole Tonkinson for their creativity, dedication and hard work in making this little book come true.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction – Beginning Your Creativity Journey
Chapter 2: Using Your Magical Left and Right Brains
Chapter 3: Infinite Creativity – Mapping Your Mind with Mind-Maps®
Chapter 4: You the Creative Artist
Chapter 5: You the Creative Musician
Chapter 6: Creative Productivity – The Power of Volume and Speed
Chapter 7: Creative Flexibility and Originality
Chapter 8: Your Brain: The Ultimate ‘Association Machine’ – Expansive and Radiant Thinking
Chapter 9: You and Shakespeare – Poets Both!
do you/did you/are you/would you?!
How creative do you think you are? To get some (probably surprising) idea of your own creativity, consider the following questions, and ask yourself:
1. Do you daydream? YES/NO
2. Do you plan menus and cook meals for yourself, your family or friends? YES/NO
3. Do you mix and match colours, fabrics and accessories when buying clothes to create your own unique style? YES/NO
4. Do you like many different kinds of music? YES/NO
5. Do you remember with pleasure, highlights of your life, including special times spent with friends, great sporting moments, outstanding holidays, any significant ‘disasters’ or triumphs in your life? YES/NO
6. Did you ask lots of questions when you were a child? YES/NO
7. Do you still ask lots of questions? YES/NO
8. Do you sometimes wonder at the complexity or beauty of things, and wish you could figure out how it works/was made/came about/came into your life? YES/NO
9. Do you have sexual fantasies? YES/NO
10. Do you have newspapers, magazines or books in your home that you have promised yourself you would read, but for which you have not yet managed to find the time? YES/NO
11. Are there other things in your life you have promised yourself you would do or accomplish, to which you have not yet got around? YES/NO
12. Are you moved or excited by superlative performances in the fields of music, sports, acting or the arts? YES/NO
13. Would you say ‘yes’, if I could wave a magic wand and suddenly:
make you a fit, flexible and superb dancer, able to ‘wow ’em’ at any dance function? YES/NO
gave you a voice equal to your favourite