Repetition Frees the Artist Brain
"From experience, moments of total awareness often occur whilst we are centred on a physical experience. It's sort of ironic that the physical can be used for such a non-physical experience For me, I get what you experienced quite often from simply washing the dishes! You mentioned that it may be once in a lifetime experience. Let me just say if you've had such an experience, and you continue along your path as you clearly already are, you'll find out soon enough that it won't be the last"
Interesting how experience dovetails. Brushing your teeth and washing the dishes are rhythmic activities. Here is a quote from "The Artists Way" which I am currently involved with in which the author talks about what stimulates our "artist self"
"Any regular repetitive action primes the well.. "Why do I get my best ideas in the shower?" an exasperated Einstein is said to have remarked. Brain research now tells us that this is because showering is an artist-brain activity.... Showering, swimming, scrubbing, shaving, steering a car - so maky s-like-yes words! - all of these are regular, repeititive activities that may tip us over from our logic brain into our more creative artist brain. Solutions to sticky creative problmes may bubble up through the dishwater, emerge on the freeway just as we are executing a tricky merge."
Julia Cameron - the Artists Way
I find this to be true of me - I often get creative ideas while swimming or in the shower!
Edwin, you are clearly someone who likes to work the hands - locksmith, cooking, painting.
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