Learning to think like an artist means to:
-looking at things more closely than most people do
-finding beauty in everyday things and situations
-making new connections between different things and ideas
-going beyond ordinary ways of thinking and doing things
-looking at objects in different ways to generate new perpspectives
-taking risks and exposing yourself to possibly failure
-arranging items in new and imaginitive ways
-working hard and at the edge of your potential
-persisting where others may give up
-concentrating your effort and attention for long periods of time
-dreaming and fantasizing
-using old ideas to create new ones
-doing something simply because it's interesting and personally challenging to do
-willing to except a picture that didn't turn out right
-trying again until you get what you want
-thinking outside the box and exploring new realms of your mind
