Creative Acts for Curious People by Sarah Stein Greenberg & Stanford d.school

Author:Sarah Stein Greenberg & Stanford d.school [Stein Greenberg, Sarah & Stanford d.school]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Published: 2021-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

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Micro-Mindfulness Exercises

Featuring the work of Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Maureen Carroll, and Frederik G. Pferdt, with inspiration from Keri Smith and Jan Chozen Bays

Where have all your daydreams gone?

If you are reading this in the 2020s, you are likely suffering from the modern ailment of imagination insomnia. Common symptoms include being unable to locate a creative mindset. If this is happening to you, it could be because your daydreams have gotten lost in your smartphone.

When you reach for your phone during every idle moment, you are never just bored or thinking. When you walk through the world in a hurry without noticing it, you’re missing opportunities for your brain to make magical connections on its own time. Those connections and ideas are important fodder for all of your future creative endeavors.

You already have a way to describe the deficit created by nighttime insomnia: you lose sleep. It feels bad, and you know it’s damaging in the long run. Well, just as your body needs sleep to renew, your creativity needs daydreams to refresh.

If you’re looking to find your way back to your daydreams, this assignment is the map. Follow it to some mental space and bring new attention to the world around you.

Your daydreams will hurry to find you again. They are missing you, too.

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