Thanks so much for your comments, Kate. I agree about it being great to have inspiring concepts out there and traveling, and being built upon and, to use and improv term, yes-anded, etc. No ideas exist in a vacuum. And, it if copied and used in the same way, needs some sort of mention of the source. More than anything, my work is about supporting the creativity and original thinking that EVERYONE is capable of...so I also think it rips off the person who takes an idea expressed verbatim, instead of adding a new take or expression of their own. Thank for your thoughtful insights!

Thanks for your comment, KM. I am very familiar with Barry Johnson's Polarities model and am a big fan of it...it fits in perfectly with my won works about seeming opposites int eh creative process. If you read other posts on my blog, you will see how connected it is, and how I view opposites as polarities waiting to be integrated. You might want to check out this post: http://creativeemergence.typepad.com/the_fertile_unknown/2012/01/creativity-rocks-opposites.html To clarify, the point of this post was to invite people to not be limited by a particular style of thinking, and expand to include others. I did not say this was a model of the brain (and would not make that claim). That is why I said, "The words in the left hand column are TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED with the "left brain thinking," and the words in the right hand column are typically associated with "right brain thinking." These are SIMPLE GENERALIZATIONS, designed to get you thinking about the habitual thinking patterns you use to approach your work." I chose the entry point of what is typically associated with whole brain thinking, and said they were just generalizations. The point of the article was not that this was an accurate model of brain functioning, but that it was to use the polarities to go BEYOND habitual thinking patterns. I've been reading articles on the brain for 20 years, and do not subscribe to any of the models out there because they are always changing, and one is proving another incomplete, each one bringing new and different understandings. I care more about consciously embracing opposites in order to be more creative and agile, and sometimes work off different models to illustrate that - but it is never about being limited to the model. Hope that clarifies.

A belated thank you, Ellen, if you are still out there :-)! Can't believe it took me 7 years to see your post.