Problem Seeking and Problem Solving

I feel like I say this with almost everything I read in this book, but I already actively problem seek and solve the way the book describes it. I feel like this chapter wasn't as helpful as the first two were, because they sort of laid out problem solving in simpler terms than it is, as in "easier said than done". Really, it takes practice until you develop your own methods to solve a problem most effectively. Convergent and divergent thinking aren't as opposite as they seem to be. I tend to use a combination of both, as we've already discussed before, a balance of strict goal-setting and liberal risk-taking. I also barely ever move on from a problem. I'm currently dealing with the same themes in my art as I was more than a year ago. You don't move on quickly in art - you have to spend time with it and be patient enough to understand it. I think knowing what a "good problem" is, is probably something you can't teach very easily. Because different problems are important to different people, so ultimately you'll hardly be able to find a problem that everybody agrees is significant, achievable, authentic, et cetera. It's definitely possible, but often difficult. Research and brainstorming are also agreeably a must because of how much information we are bombarded with every day - we need to sit down and organize it and absorb it to our best advantage. This is a short chapter, but the process it entails is probably the most difficult and most time-consuming in creating something effective.