The differences of divergent and convergent thinking interested me the most in this section.
For the most part I think I work with rational and linear thought processes when designing my pieces. This would put me on the path of convergent thinking.
Divergent is more along the lines of the elusive way of just "coming up" with ideas that I tend to not fair well with.
I do like the idea of forcing yourself to pick seemingly unrelated things under a broad concept and then create a piece from the resulting chaos. This would force creativity and a unique perspective out of anybody should they choose to do the process in earnest.
I also like figure 5.15 on page 122 where Keith Smith has an exert where he chronicles his verbal connections to a strange conclusion. This is also a nice way to end up with some creativity, if you have the mind to keep the brainstorm rolling. I feel like if you stopped for a moment to think about your next sentence, you'd lose the essence of the brainstorm.
-Thomas Holland
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