Here is a great site, Bad Banana, by Tim Siedell. Tim provides an interesting look at creativity and how some folks are doing some really interesting things around the world. One of these posts uses the map of the London Underground to expose some hidden animals (although I really do like the Armchairs too).
Perhaps someone got bored waiting for their train and spotted these in a few moments, but I suspect that had it been me in this position, I would not have spotted these images (or even thought about looking for anything other than my destination on a map like this). I guess I am just a left brained individual that never did very well in Art Class.
Creativity seems to be such a subjective thing, I consider myself to be a pretty creative guy. In my professional life, I work to to improve business process by the measured application of technology. Oftentimes, this has produced some interesting (and pretty effective) results in comparison to other solutions I have seen, where the business process was forced to adjust in favor of the technology.
A good book on the topic A Whack on the side of the head , talks about the development and application of creativity in all of it's forms. One of the mechanisms the author, Roger Van Oech, suggests to improve your level of creativity around your thinking, is to disrupt your normal patterns somewhat. For example: move your trash can (rubbish bin, to my English brethren); take a different route to/from work; sleep on the other side of the bed; visit somewhere that you normally wouldn't; wear you watch on the other wrist. These little shocks to your routine will help improve your mental agility and may help you generate some newer more creative solutions to the challenges you are presented with.
Here are the maps along with the overlaid animals, enjoy:
A Seal...
A Whale...
A Turtle...
and Finally, a Dog...
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