The Common Creative S1E1: Episode 1 - What is Creative Energy?
In this episode, Paul and Chris draw on their personal experiences of daily acts of creativity (daily watercolour and a daily photograph) to understand what creative energy is and how to maintain it.
The big theme that Chris and Paul draw out are that creative energy is like a rechargeable battery that has to be used regularly to keep it working well but which also needs to be re-charged (through rest and reflection) in-between uses.
Even though they are each known for their one daily act of creativity, they agree that creativity is a life’s work and that they are in fact 24/7 creatives who will struggle to ‘retire’.
More detailed notes/learnings from this episode:
- Lots of practical factors affect creative energy - Physical fitness, avoiding alcohol/caffeine, being in the right physical environment and with the right people all affect creativity
- Rest and reflection are a vital part of the process - it sparks new ideas and as creativity is physically and mentally draining, so rest a vital phase to enable new energy to flow
- Barriers to creative energy are fear (of being judged/ridiculed by others) and ignorance (some people don’t know or acknowledge how creative they are.
- Creativity is a life’s work - real creatives never retire.
Links/References
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