CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY?

When it comes to becoming more creative, there's a handy tool at your fingertips right now - the computer. At first thought, there's something creepy about the combination of computers and creativity. It's one thing to have machines take over mechanical tasks, but it's another to have them thinking for themselves. If we ignore the work of science fiction writers, however, there's nothing to worry about. An unaided PC might be able to write the formula best sellers you see on the airport bookstall, but here's little danger of them dominating real creativity. Think of the computer as a way of stimulating your own ideas, though, and the possibilities become interesting. Some creative thinking is still best done with a big piece of paper and a pencil - but an electronic helper can make it a lot easier to break out of an ordinary frame of mind.

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