Thursday, June 18, 2009 @ 10:25 am by Josh Burcham

Let us change things up a bit and pull out our trusting photo camera. The exercises this week are going to require you to capture still moments of your life. Time for you amateur photographers to show off your skills and maybe I can get you to shoot some pictures of me for JoshBurcham.com and some future projects.

From Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain, here are your two exercises: (more…)

Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 8:02 am by Josh Burcham

You know how it works. So lets forget the small talk and get to using the left sides (pretty sure it’s the left side, but I could be wrong) of our brains. I’ve been thinking a lot about storytelling and the art form that it truly is. That is one place that I really lack as a communicator and a lot of people would say your not a communicator with you can take people along a story. Sorry, that was a side note.

Here are your exercises from Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain for today: (more…)

Thursday, June 4, 2009 @ 10:42 am by Josh Burcham

Second edition of Creative Caffeine, brings some changes. Since I can’t find any solution in giving you the ability to post your final excerise without opening JoshBurcham.com to unfriendly files and such, you’re going to have to post somewhere else and post the link. Flickr is a great option, free and simple.

On a happier note. Hopefully you enjoyed creating or maybe just thinking about what your theme park ride with a fast-food theme. You can see my creation here.

I’ve learned if you want to be a creative person you need to be disciplined in developing those skills. Some of us are blessed with an natural ability to thing creatively, but if you want to see that side of our brain develop, it is a must to spend time developing it. I’m going to invest into your creativity and post from exercises to get those juices flowing.

Lucky you! I’m posting two exercises from Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain, today: (more…)

Thursday, May 28, 2009 @ 9:13 pm by Josh Burcham

Creativity stretches the mind and that it always a good thing. I picked up a book, Caffeine for the Creative Mind, a couple of months ago to help get creative juices flowing. It is filled with 250 exercises that get the creative side of your brain running.

The first task, An ‘E’ Ticket Ride:

Face It: Adults like amusement park rides, too. Actually, they love them as much as kids do. Something about the thrill of a roller coaster or the enchantment of a ride themed after childhood’s favorite stories. Your task today is to create just such a ride. You’re going to create a theme park ride wrapped around your favorite fast food chain. Now that is a theme! Consider the food items, the store design, graphic elements that are used and marketing themes. Create a ride that proudly expresses that fast-food joint’s true value. Hold the mayo please.

Now get to it. Draw out your ride design. Scan it or take a picture of it and post it here. Would love to see what you come up with. I’ll post my in a bit.
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