lexthinking about creativity
I recently returned from a week of business travel that started at LexThink Chicago, a very inspired and inspiring blogger gathering others have reviewed here, here, here and here. At LexThink, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting many terrific people and sharing ideas about optimizing our lives in the law. The event’s fluid, open-space format facilitated connection and commentary within the main assembly and break-out groups. But it was the participants’ palpable creative drive that really impressed me. People were not there to be mere spectators. We were all clearly pulled by a strong desire to use our creative energies to move the legal profession in a positive direction. Lawyers are often criticized for being robotic and soulless. And the law is not usually portrayed as a pathway for creative expression. LexThink proved otherwise. Anyone who sat in that venue for even a few minutes could tell that creativity is a key, if not the key, to finding innovative, intuitive and soul-satisfying ways to practice in our chosen profession. I look forward to future LexThink endeavors and send many thanks to Dennis, Matt and Sherry for fostering thought, dialogue and action on the law’s – and our own - creative potential.
