Lou7

Baffled By Creativity

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Not sure if I should post it here or in philosophy (in words of Alan Watts 'does it matter?' hehe) but here goes:

Today at my job (I'm a bike courier) I was wondering about a lot of topics but the main thing that kept bogging me was the subject of creativity.

How does one know what will boost his creativity? I know a few highly creative people who scroll through a lot of memes, even though I consider it somewhat mindless activity they seem to get away with it pretty good (I know all of our brains are wired different but well...).

While observing my mind and moments when I got mine brilliant ideas of connecting different areas of interests and passions, it seems like painful thought process on a brink of depression is my thing - I don't know if you have those but I'm talking about a point when you think about something so hard again and again that your body is physically getting tired, you get problems breathing and genereally it becomes like you're trapped in a shell that's slowed down by thoughts.

I feel like fueling creativity is a little bit like rolling a dice - you can't really know what will inspire you. Of course meditation worked for me before and it's obvious choice for inspiration but what about doing generally less throughout the day - do you have to be mindful in your actions or think about let's say problem X while doing the dishes?

What are your thoughts on this guys? Do you plan to be inspired and go for a certain activity? Do you consciously think about getting inspired while doing it? Do you set a goal/topic to get inspired in or you let the ideas flow?

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