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The bucket theory of creativity

OUT: lightbulb 'aha' moments • IN: buckets

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Alex Dobrenko`
Sep 07, 2024
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Forget the myth of the 'Eureka!' moment, and allow me to suggest another way: the bucket theory of creativity.

Buckets are little homes for the things you want to explore deeper.

Maybe you’ll write or draw or build about them one day, but that’s not really the point.

All you gotta do is make some buckets. 

Because making buckets creates a magnetic force t…

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