The nature of creativity

I’ve often linked to Dave Winer, who convinced me – as he did so many others – to start blogging. Dave is a thinker and innovator, but he’s also a damn fine writer. Witness:

Creativity is a process like seduction. The idea has to be teased out, you have to come at it straight on, then from the side, then sneak up from the rear. It isn’t until you understand all facets of a problem that the solution is revealed, and then, if it’s really a solution, it reveals a whole new class of problems.

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