Creativity Exercises

I read the Thursday sample that was given on the site.
The activity I did for my right brain was "The Coffee Drinker: A man in a restaurant complained to the waiter that there was a fly in his cup of coffee. The waiter took the cup away and promised to bring a fresh cup of coffee. He returned a few moments later. The man tasted the coffee and complained that this was his original cup of coffee with the fly removed. He was correct, but how did he know?" The puzzle made me think but the answer turned out to be something I would not have thought of. This helped my creativity because I realized I did not think outside the box enough for this question and the right side of the brain is the creative side.

For the left brain, I read: "Throw it Overboard: A boat floating on a lake has some heavy pieces of iron in its hold. If the iron is thrown overboard, does the level of the lake rise, stay the same, or fall?" I thought I would get this correct but I failed again. I do not think this helped my creativity though as this question made me think logically.

I do not know how the humor and inspiration helped my creativity but I enjoyed reading the two sayings and I am not unhappy for reading them. The site says creativity is stimulated by laughter but have yet to really see and/or realize that so I can not agree right now. Inspiration could lead to creative thinking, however, reading an inspirational quote does not really inspire me to be creative. Seeing someone's creativity can inspire me to be creative, however.