Creativity and rest

Creativity and Rest
Marcus takes us back to episode 12 and reminds us about the 5 Rs of creativity

• Rules
• Research
• Reflection
• Repetition
• Rest
  

Today Marcus is going to talk more about the subject of rest.

Marcus has been looking at the latest research into creativity. According to the research your brain works in two different modes

1.   “Default Mode Network”

When you are not really thinking about anything. When you do something by habit. Like having a shower in the morning, or driving your car and you arrived without knowing how you got there. It is when your thoughts are going inwards

2.    “Executive Control Network”

This is when you are really in the zone and doing focused activity.

It’s been discovered that the Default mode network is linked to creativity.
Taking the time

 When Marcus wants to think about ideas he sits down in the evening with a glass of wine. Sam suggests then that meditation should be part of this process, which Marcus agrees with. It’s important to find that quiet space, and think about nothing and let the ideas come to you. It’s crucial this is in a quite space with nothing else going on.

Notebook
Marcus recommends always having a notebook to hand to write down your ideas as they come to you. But also Marcus says as you get better at getting creative ideas you can also train your brain to remember these ideas.
How to start
For Marcus he says about 8pm he sits in quiet with a glass of wine and just sits, and thinks. And the more you try this the easier it becomes. There is lots of meditation help online, both in terms of techniques and calming sound tracks. Marcus recommends doing this every day. Finding that time can be very challenging. But it is worth that effort. For some people the day time is a better time, when the house is quiet. It’s important to try and schedule that quiet time into your day.

 

Long term

This is a long term process and it will take time to get better at this. There is a great Netflix documentary about this