Mindfulness by Ellen J. Langer

Author:Ellen J. Langer [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2009-01-16T02:46:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Creative Uncertainty

There's an old story about two men on a train. One of them, seeing some naked-looking sheep in a field, said, `Those sheep have just been sheared." The other looked a moment longer, and then said, "They seem to beon this side." It is in such a cautious spirit that we should say whatever we have to say about the workings of the mind.

JOHN HOLT, How Children Learn

Had the rich stranger in Chapter 2 who needed a threeby-seven-foot piece of wood simply unhinged his own front door, observers of the scavenger hunt might have thought, "What a creative solution!" Many, if not all, of the qualities that make up a mindful attitude are characteristic of creative people. Those who can free themselves of old mindsets (like the man on the train), who can open themselves to new information and surprise, play with perspective and context, and focus on process rather than outcome are likely to be creative, whether they are scientists, artists, or cooks.

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