Learn about your creative process
Starting in March 2024, moving to Substack. But check here for blog posts on creativity, the creative process and how to hack creative growth.
Start here: Starting concepts
Procrastination, marination, freezing and the Inner Critic
Creativity and interoception (physiological self-awareness)
The ‘Third Layer’ process itself
The Creative Foundation and Creativity Pyramid
Having a creative barrier? Enter in a search term (emotions, procrastination, etc) here:
Creativity = Chaos, Order, and the Salience Network
The Salience Network loves to come out in the shower, on a hiking trail, first thing in the morning, on a smoke break, while washing the dishes — anywhere but wherever the Central Executive Network is watching with its scary hyper-focus on productivity and competence. (Or where the Default Mode Network is choreographing an interpretative dance with scarves of the wildebeest migration … bless its DMN heart.)
Poetry vs neuroscience: a creativity smackdown
Just like video killed the radio star, science threatens to kill both the theologian and the poet. It doesn’t have to be that way, but scientists need to acknowledge we do lose something when we gain scientific knowledge.
Want to be creative? Lay down.
When I want to write, think or be creative, I know I have to do one thing: lay down. And it’s proven: laying down on your side boosts internal awareness and perception.
The amazing, connected brain
The future of creativity is connected to finding out more about the brain and how it makes connections.