Inside the Box: The creative method that works for everyone

by Drew Boyd

Here’s how “Resolution” works: imagine sitting in your living room. You can see the furniture, the light fixtures, the windows, the floor, and the paintings hanging on the walls. By applying Division here you would consider separating or dividing these “components” from one another or from the room as a whole. Now zoom in on one of these components—say, the lighting fixture hanging from the ceiling. Make that, rather than the entire living room, your Closed World. Identify the individual components: The lightbulb. The chain that attaches the fixture to the ceiling. The on-off switch. Consider how you might use Division with these. Finally, trying zooming out from the living room so that your Closed World includes all the homes in your neighborhood. What components do you see? Individual houses? Cars? Fire hydrants? Sidewalks? Trees? How could these components be divided in a way that adds value?