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The most interesting concept that I came across this week was using analogies and metaphors to increase creativity. I always thought of creativity as something that came up an opportune moments, dire circumstances, or situations where we needed an out. However, while reading the chapter I found that the creativity that comes from people can some from times where our lives aren't necessarily on the line. As the book states, for example, "Henry Ford visited a slaughterhouse and was inspired to produce a better way to mass produce cars." (Harris, 193-4). By looking at things that you wouldn't necessarily look at for ideas (such as Henry Ford and the slaughterhouse) you can get some pretty good ideas. Using analogies we can really open our minds to situations and ideas that weren't open to us before. In general, being creative helps the world go round, and finding different ways to do so just adds to the improvement of our living situations.