Card #27 – ”Think Like A Kid” from the Creative Whack Pack
Available on the iOS App Store and as a physical deck of cards

A high school teacher drew a dot on the blackboard and asked the class what it was. “A chalk dot on the blackboard,” was the only response.
“I’m surprised at you,” the teacher said.“I did this exercise yesterday with a group of kindergartners and they thought of fifty different things it could be: an owl’s eye, a squashed bug, a cow’s head. They had their imaginations in high gear.”
As Pablo Picasso put it:
“Every child is an artist. The challenge is to remain an artist after you grow up.”
When you “think like a kid,” you gain the creative power that comes with a playful frame of mind.
Similarly, artist Jasper Johns was asked to describe what’s involved in the creative process:
“It’s simple, you just take something and then you do something to it, and then you do something else to it. Keep doing this and pretty soon you’ve got something.”
— How would a kid play with your concept?
— What possibilities would a kid see?
— What would a kid say is difficult to understand?
— How can you make what you’re doing more fun?