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		<title>Creative Secrets</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas Pickard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t heard of Zack Arias, he is an Atlanta based editorial photographer who created a short video titled &#8216;Transform&#8216; earlier in the year. Transform went viral and spread like a brush fire through the blogosphere. While I realise I am pretty late to the party, I actually sat down and watched &#8216;Transform&#8217; [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.thomaspickard.com/blog/2009/08/creative-secrets/' addthis:title='Creative Secrets '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you haven&#8217;t heard of Zack Arias, he is an Atlanta based editorial photographer who created a short video titled &#8216;<a title="Zack Arias Transform" href="http://www.zarias.com/?p=284" target="_blank">Transform</a>&#8216; earlier in the year. Transform went viral and spread like a brush fire through the blogosphere.</p>
<p>While I realise I am pretty late to the party, I actually sat down and watched &#8216;Transform&#8217; yesterday. And boy, I&#8217;m glad I did.</p>
<p>&#8216;Transform&#8217; reminds me of two other pieces I&#8217;ve read this year.</p>
<p>First up is <a title="How To Be Creative Manifesto" href="http://www.changethis.com/6.HowToBeCreative" target="_blank">&#8216;How to be Creative&#8217;</a> by Hugh MacLeod over at the <a title="Change This" href="http://www.changethis.com" target="_blank">Change This</a> web site. With over a million downloads, this manifesto has since been turned into a book titled &#8216;<a title="Ignore Everybody at Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ignore-Everybody-Other-Keys-Creativity/dp/159184259X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1250303772&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Ignore Everybody</a>&#8216;. How to be Creative has been one of the most important things I have read in a number of years. I am yet to get my hands on Ignore Everybody.</p>
<p>The second one is by Doug Menuez. Titled &#8216;<a title="Doug Menuez on Editorial Photo" href="http://www.editorialphoto.com/articles/doug_menuez/" target="_blank">On Chaos, Fear, Survival &amp; Luck: Longevity is the Answer</a>&#8216;. Like Arias and MacLeod&#8217;s work, Menuez reflects on the creative challenges of being a photographer and what it all might mean.</p>
<p>If you are looking for some inspired and thought provoking reading in relation to being creative, then any of these three items are as good a place as any to start.</p>
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<p>What have you read about creativity that has really turned your head? Please add your recommendations to the comments section.</p>
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