In our busy-is-best society, slowing down can get a bad rap.
While slow movements — everything from food to even cities — are catching on, there’s still an underlying stigma surrounding slow. It’s wasted time, at best, slothful, at worst.
But slowing down is often a refuge ripe for creativity. When we unplug and play, ideas percolate and take shape.
There are many ways to slow down and spark creativity. We spoke with several artists and authors to get their thoughts on developing creativity by decelerating.
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What a great perspective. Thank you for sharing. I’ve found slowing down to be incredibly beneficial to creative thinking and generating creative output. I recently returned from a trip and was laughing with friends when discussing writing efficiency and why it always seems highest when you are out of your natural place – likely very busy – and somewhere else, relaxing, making time to sit and write in a cafe for several hours.
With regard to “play”, I’ve had the pleasure of learning from an incredibly productive and talented creative, Jason Anello, in the career documentary interviews I do with him each year for Capture Your Flag. Here is a link to Jason talking about Happiness and Play in building a thriving creative career.
http://www.captureyourflag.com/interview-library/how-to-be-happier-by-turning-work-projects-into-play-jason-a.html
As an only child, I was also intrigued by the response comedian Matt Ruby gave me on reflecting on childhood experiences and how they have shaped his imagination and creative thinking. Ruby focuses on “being left free to roam”. In ways, this could be thought of as making time to find a creative space for thinking and exploration.
I think the video is worth sharing in this “Kickstart Creativity” article.
http://www.captureyourflag.com/interview-library/how-childhood-independent-play-develops-imagination-matt-rub.html
- Erik Michielsen
i loved how you described the ways to be creative at slow times the iphone one is the best, i like to click pic from now and here when not doing anything… I would definitely like to try others too.