The definition of the word ‘create’ – to cause to exist; to bring into being – implies something profound, almost spiritual, which is perhaps the origin of the phrase ‘divine inspiration’. Despite considerable progress towards understanding what causes and facilitates creativity, one of the more common assumptions about it – that experiences in foreign countries can foster creative insights – remains largely unstudied.
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[This article has been reprinted, with permission, from Rotman Management, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management]
This is exactly the expression I've been looking for to confirm my appreciation of 5 years in Indonesia, 5 years in the Republic of Georgia, a summer crossing China and several weeks in Lesotho and South Africa. I plan to learn French while I search for an opportunity in Africa. Stay away form the tourists areas.
on Jan 4, 2012