Attributes of Highly Creative People, Especially Musicians

 

“ In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.” -Robert Schumann

Creativity is an aspect of human behavior when one thinks and acts outside of the box.  It involves a divergent thinking ability only a few are gifted with. Musical training is associated with an increased in imagination and creativity. These creative individuals utilize their creativity in every part of their lives, whether it’s their job or a recreational activity. Bringing the best of symphonies and musical tones, The Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) continues to polish the “diamonds in the rough” in the world of music making. With their unique and keen attitude towards young, talented artists,  AYO has rapidly become one of the best performing orchestra around the globe.

Musicians have the ability to combine passion and creativity to make masterpieces out of simple and regular notes. New research suggests musicians may actually be at their most creative when they are away from their instrument. By studying various musicians and their habits,; learning when exactly inspiration struck them, researchers have found that breakthrough moments most often happened when players were otherwise occupied creatively- for example: humming to themselves or tapping out rhythms on the table or imagining dance moves inspired by the music. Researchers concluded that musicians had their most inspirational and productive moments when they felt free and flexible enough to be spontaneous- rather than simply rely on external validation from, say, a teacher or parent.

Here are the top seven attributes of imaginative people, especially musicians.

• Associative Orientation: Imaginative, frisky, innovative- with many ideas, conversion from ideas of fact to fiction
• Originality: Resisting or “bending” rules and norms. Have a rebellious attitude because of a need to do things no one else does.
• Motivation: Desire to perform with a goal oriented approach and innovative behavior and toughness to deal with problems.

• Ambition: Have a need to be influential, attract attention and recognition.
• Flexibility: Have the ability to see different aspects of issues and come up with fresh, creative solutions. (May seem unusual or rebellious- see Originality)
• Unstable emotions: Can experience negativity and mood swings, with occasional low self-esteem and self-confidence.
• Anti-Social behavior: Have a tendency not to be very considerate or thoughtless and often find faults and flaws in ideas and people.

Do you think you have these attributes and have that spark in you? Ready to flourish your talent and take creativity to the next level? Then click here to learn more about Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO); Asia's premier pre-professional orchestra- offering opportunities for advanced study, performance and international concert touring with celebrated artists and conductors.

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Be Fearless! Tips and Guides Inside

AYO’s Tips to Play a Fearless Audition

Does this happen to you? When preparing for an audition, at first you are all pumped up and ready to face the music in high spirits. But just as you stand in front of the judges, your palms start to sweat, your hands begin to shake and your head gets heavy with all the pressure in your head. These are all signs of anxiety and fear- possibly blocking your musical fluidity and upsetting your audition. To combat this fear and anxiety, preparation is key. Here are a few tips from the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) to help eliminate bad audition symptoms and utilize the good ones to help you play and focus even better!

Remember Asian Youth Orchestra 2017 auditions are going on now! Click here to see what the Audition dates and Application deadlines are for your city.

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Benefits of Adding Resistance Bands to Your Workouts

Adding equipment or accessories to you work out sessions make them more varied, challenging and enjoyable! T8 Fitness understands your fitness needs and offers you the best in fitness and rehab accessories and equipment, with a focus on Pilates and Yoga. Whether it’s ToeSox grip socks and sandals, rehabilitation or general work out equipment, they have all the products to help you achieve your health and fitness goals.

Have you ever tried adding resistance bands to your workouts? If you've never tried resistance bands, or you're new to them, you may be surprised at how many benefits there are from using what is essentially a reinforced rubber band! As is often the case, the simplest tools are often the very best for your health.

Here are some of the benefits you can expect:

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Schneider Line-Up Fineliners

Coloring is a fun-time activity highly associated with children of every age. But it’s not just the kids who enjoy coloring; it’s the adults too! Grown-ups often use coloring as an activity to overcome stress and anxiety. All you need is to grab a coloring book and some fibre-tipped pens. The best one available in the market are from Schneider, a Germany-based company that offers the dynamic set of fineliner pens. Wondering where to get these? Find them in Hong Kong at Planethome (Bed & Bath) Ltd in Tsim Sha Tsui or you can always visit Le Luxury’s online store on eBay to buy branded products at very affordable rates.

What makes Schneider line-up fineliner pens so special? Learn more here.

The Natural Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

“Natural benefits” is a phrase that we are almost oblivious to nowadays. With all the food being grown in a genetically modified manner, it seems hard to maintain an omega-3 fatty acid rich diet. However, that’s not necessarily true. With Flodins delicious pork you can still enjoy organically grown meat which boasts all the regular vitamins that you can expect from perfectly healthy and naturally grown animal. Nordic farming methods and years of research into healthier eating have resulted in delicious, juicy and tender pork, which is simple to cook to perfection. Below you will find a range of different omega-3 fatty acids benefits that you can expect in Flodins Omega-3 pork. You can also try several of Flodins tasty recipes here.

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Streamification -- the emerging world we live in: Technology

The world we live, augmented by technology, is increasingly becoming more fluid. Not to long past our lives were blocks of time and activity. The morning paper, lunch with friends, the evening news, a movie night out but that has changed dramatically as all things are available to us most all the time and the way that we interact in this technology enabled world I call Streamification.

“History is obsolete in the humanverse - it is only relevant to technology

as a predictor of the future”

I am an observer of human behaviour and technology -- it is my fascination. I observe the evolution of human/ tech interaction from a social perspective and it seems clear to me that we are on a quickly evolving path driven by two main forces:

• Human behaviour change enabled by technology. Our access to most everything is no longer time bound. We communicate with multimedia capability to friends without restrictions on time, geography or even having ever met. Our lives are an open book, a series of snapshots of our likes, dislikes, passions and idiosyncrasies. We seldom have an exclusive online or offline experience as the interconnectedness of the two coalesce into a single experience.
• Technology changes due to changing human behaviour. This has been long time in the coming as predictive modeling to anticipate desire is the Holy Grail of business, but we have seen it accelerate and morph in recent years largely due to Millennials. Snapchat is revolutionary. This silly app where pictures disappear was based on the premise that we live in the now and history is irrelevant. Our lives are truly a stream of events or periods of “now” being reinforced by the technology we use.

AI and bots are the hot topic of the moment. It may have seemed as if they emerged as some “cool” idea that took hold, but necessity is the mother of invention and bots are emerging because of Streamification and the need to cater to the demand of an almost infinite number of unique moments in time.

“In the most simple of terms, Streamification is “I want what I want and

I want it now” but it is far more complex and subtle”

Whether you talk in terms of customer journey, touchpoints or the uniqueness and spontaneity of the human spirit we each travel a path that is ours but touches so many other. . . everything. It is a stream of moments. Though we do embrace the notion of our own uniqueness, it is with greater precision that AI is able to predict our wants and desires. It is through the power of technology that at anytime we want to reach out, share or buy the expectation that there is a mechanism, whether human or technology, that will provide satisfaction is there and waiting. When you put this in the context of how many of us there are and how unique each of our lives, or Streams, are then it becomes clearer to see that ability to achieve Streamification lies with technology and human input on its design. 

Much success,

Doug

Director

PRDA Asia

Gay Games Ambassador: Nicholas Wong

 

 

Gay Games, the ultimate multicultural event is about more than eliminating all social barriers in sports, it also provides an excellent opportunity to introduce the colorful art and culture of the LGBT community as well as to share the wondrous elements of Asian culture. This aspect of the Gay Games includes Cantonese Opera, calligraphy and mah jong. But Gay Games XI Hong Kong 2022 is much more than meets the eye! As Hong Kong Bids for the 2022 Gay Games, the event includes everything that the Hong Kong’s diverse and multifaceted culture has to offer and benefits everyone on the whole, especially the LGBT community.

It has also been proved that the LGBT publishing experience can be promoted in the form of the most beautiful language – poetry. Hong Kong’s land has been blessed with literary talents and poets, of which Nicholas Wong is one. Nicholas Wong co-won the Lambda award in 2016 for his collection of gay poetry called ‘Crevasse’. Wong’s celebrated talent has led to the recognition of the belief that poetry can also be used as a platform to unite international gay poets around the world, which shall be done in Hong Kong as a part of its natural hospitality and of course, as a part of GGHK2022. It is believed that the Poetry Slam, when delivered with local partner Peel Street Poetry, will be an amazing experience for the participants.  

 

The Harmonics are a LGBT+ and Allies friendly choir.

A LGBT+ Choir Festival is part of Hong Kong’s bid for the 2022 Gay Games- the first event of it’s kind in Hong Kong! Participating local artists, like The Harmonics have brought the LGBT arts scene in the limelight, depicting the immensely enriching art scene of this cultural kaleidoscope.

Gay Games are on their mark to reach the point where Hong Kong will be the ultimate destination in 2022. Everyone from any corner of the world can participate without any hesitation and express themselves, either in sports, arts or any other aspect, as with the Gay Games, you sail in one boat called unity!

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PRDA’s Full Social Media Strategy

 

As the wheels of time keep turning, social media changes and evolves into a more dynamic system that brings people, businesses and companies closer. Not only the features for entertainment get improved, but also the newly introduced and innovating marketing strategies have attracted customers like never before. To plan success for your business and guide you clearly through the social media design, Prosperity Research Digital Agency (PRDA), may be the pivoting point for you! As the leading social media agency in Asia, they provide services such as SEM, SEO, Social CRM, Risk Management, Lead Generation and much more.

Trying to manage all the content on your web-based business?  PRDA’s full social media strategy can help! Here’s just some of what they can do to help your business:

• Strategic Analysis: Create a brand strategy personalized for your business! PRDA utilizes all its expertise in providing guidelines on the best social media strategy.
• Customized Profiles: Let PRDA manage your business’s social media account by creating custom profiles on your favorable social media platform like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram etc.
• Unique Content: PRDA helps your business even more by updating fresh content like reformatting images, researching, and community building for 5 consecutive days (or more or less depending on client’s preference and budget).

• Community Management: PRDA keeps in check the demographics of your fans and followers on top sites and run reputation management strategy and engage KOLs.
• Social Media Releases and Distribution: PRDA helps your business stay on top of social media with fresh monthly blog content, posted to 5 top distribution sites!
• SEO/SMO: PRDA helps your content display on the front page of leading search engines using organic search marketing strategies.
• Analytics and Competitive Monitoring: If you want to know where your brand stands among competitors, PRDA evaluates detailed analysis in monthly reports and grows the number of your follower by producing best posts and research!

Prosperity Research Digital Agency (PRDA)’s proven data driven process delivers predictable results driven by organic, real people action. Try their Free Facebook Report and Competitor Analysis here.

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Benefits of Pilates for Your Peace of Mind

 

“The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning is complete coordination of body, mind and spirit.”

-Joseph Pilates

When it comes to training with Pilates, one mustn’t just assume it's an ordinary workout. Pilates not only lengthens, strengthens and sculpts your body, it also helps nurture your mind, body and spirit as well. It’s no wonder the Pilates is fast growing in popularity around the world. Since 2001, Polestar Pilates Asia has offered the Pilates education all over Asia, to all who are pursuing quality education and support. Polestar Education is a worldwide provider of rehabilitation-based Pilates education, producing high-caliber Pilates teachers and successful Pilates studio models. Apart from your traditional Pilates studio, Polestar-trained Pilates teachers can be found at medical facilities, performing arts conservatories and fitness centers throughout the world! Many people come to a Pilates class to get a flat tummy, ease joint pains and discomforts, rehabilitate after a surgery or improve their athletic performance. And Pilates can do all of that! But the most amazing part happens when students start seeing changes not only in their bodies but also in their minds, emotions and throughout their daily lives. Read on for 4 reasons why:

The modern world is full of distraction and stress- many are looking for a personal state of peace and tranquility. When searching for that inner balance we commonly consider meditation, affirmations and other techniques, but we must not forget that exercise is a fantastic tool to help us balance our lives.

Here are some of the benefits Pilates that may help you find your balance:

Pilates trains your brain.

• Learning new activities is a proven brain-training technique, and an important part of brain fitness.  By learning and incorporating new movements or modifications into your Pilates routine assists in challenging the body and mind at the same time. This also helps your multitasking skills!

A Healthier, Better Functioning Nervous System

• Your core consists of many muscles!  Learning to use them is a cleansing rinse for your nervous system, and a healthy nervous system means better communication between your brain and other parts of your body as well as the release of stress-fighting and mood-boosting hormones.

Meditation / Mindfulness Benefits

• You must clear your mind of any distractions when performing Pilates work on the Reformer. Pilates lets you reap all the benefits of meditation while letting you focus on your body the entire time while also relieving tension and stress built up in the muscles through gentle stretching and gradual conditioning.

More Confidence and Respect for Self

• Pilates teaches us to respect our body and be content with it. When we learn to respect our bodies, we also learn to do the same with everything else in our lives. We start living according to our priorities and desires, instead of constantly comparing ourselves to our peers(or Instagram feed!).
   

“Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self confidence follows.” -Joseph Pilates

 

So, what are you waiting for? Contact Polestar Pilates Asia today and they will help you start on  your journey as a Pilates Instructor!

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