Why only in solitude, you can create a masterpiece
Recreation / / December 19, 2019
In order to solve a creative problem or birth brilliant idea needs the incubation period - the time spent in solitude when thoughts drift in and out of focus on the problem.
Charles Dickens was a great thinker and had a very developed calf muscles. That's because every day he took place about 20 kilometers along the magnificent countryside of Kent or the bustling streets of Victorian London. Through these walks he wrote masterpieces.
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In 1926, British psychologist Graham Wallace (Graham Wallas) in the book "The art of thinking" broke the creative process into four stages:
- Training. Problem is investigated from all angles, accumulate conscious and unconscious resources to be used.
- Incubation. unconscious processing time.
- illumination. Sudden moment of enlightenment when we see a new way to solve the problem.
- inspection. The final stage of the process, in which the idea is tested.
Following Wallace and other researchers, psychologists and thinkers presented their views on the creative process. But one thing has always remained the same - focus on the incubation period, time spent alone, when a person is allowed to wander thoughts and ideas emerge randomly. Without incubation period can not be enlightenment!
Umberto Eco, scientist, philosopher, writerWrite - not to withdraw the letters on a sheet of paper. You can "write" a whole chapter at breakfast or while walking.
4 steps to the development creativity
Develop awareness
The development of mindfulness and meditation are needed, not only for calm. The famous director David Lynch (David Lynch) in practicing transcendental meditation for years and appreciated its impact on their work.
He said that the intensification of creative thinking - this is not a goal but rather a side effect of calming the mind during and after meditation. Thoughts and emotions are no longer control people, they are the raw material which he can control the way he wants.
Make time for breaks
The idea of breaks necessary, is not new. Wallace recommended them for those who want to translate the creative process in the incubation stage, back in the 1920s. And many modern psychologists agree.
You can take breaks intentionally, relegating them a place in the work schedule, or, for example, drink more water: trips to the cooler will be your mikropereryvami.
Graham Wallace, a social psychologistYou can also try to leave a problem unsolved, and move on to the next, and then back to the first. It is more productive than persistently thinking about a problem.
Multitasking can kill your brain, but at the same time nurturing a number of ideas have real advantages.
Do not be afraid to be alone
scientists have discoveredSharon H. Kim, Lynne C. Vincent, Jack Goncalo.Outside Advantage: Can Social Rejection Fuel Creative Thought?That the social isolation often stimulates creative thinking. Almost all the great thinkers in a sense, were outsiders. They had ample opportunity to spend more time alone with their own thoughts and get a new experience.
Allow yourself to think about what you want
Exploring the mind of great writers, scientists, Frank Barron (Frank X. Barron) and Donald McKinnon (Donald MacKinnon) foundSharon H. Kim, Lynne C. Vincent, Jack Goncalo.Outside Advantage: Can Social Rejection Fuel Creative Thought? paradoxical thing. Geniuses are often prone to depression, schizophrenia, hysteria, paranoia and other mental disorders, but a strong ego allows them to better confront these diseases. It turns out they are sick more than ordinary people, and at the same time more healthy.
Barron argues that allowing yourself to bad thoughts, we learn to control them. Dream without limiting your imagination - so awakens creativity.
The creative mind is capable of forming experience not only in the outside world, but also using imagination. That is why the genius is often said that the inspiration comes from within, not from outside.
Every day we are faced with a lot of distractions. And because it is very difficult to find time to send thoughts inward. Nevertheless, this is what helps us the chaos to find the way to a brilliant idea.