to add to the list:
to be more creative a broken sleep might help.
Why Broken Sleep Is a Golden Time for Creativity [1]
So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative
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#22Tomorrow: "Scientists find creativity studies plagued with bipolar participants"
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#23a.k.a. being a typical human.
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#24Don't listen to music[1]. But don't conform[2].
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#25Welcome to the social sciences, where the facts are made up and the points don't matter...
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#26All said and done there is a definite link between creativity and mental illness :
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#27So bipolar then?
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#28to add to the list: to be more creative a broken sleep might help. Why Broken Sleep Is a Golden Time for Creativity [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8574616
I have anecdotal evidence to suggest that there is something to this. It's not so much coming up with original ideas as to knocking something up fast. Your mental censor is far more inhibited when you're sleepy and you're too tired to multi task so in a weird way you're actually more focused when you're sleepy if you're a mild ADD type.
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#29Maybe creativity has less to do with your frame of mind, and more to do with creating opportunities to come up with novel / interesting solutions to problems. If youre angry then youre removing some internal barriers to complacency. If youre happy you feel positive about yourself and give your thoughts and pondering more worthwhile attention. If youre bored you ruminate and your mind becomes preoccupied with some track of thought.
The routine, seeing the same people, constant distraction style of living we're all so used to doesnt seem to provide us with those opportunities.
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#30I put the same think in an image: It's funny how all are at the same page.
