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Sounds very similair to Dali's process. Where he would meditate holding a kitchen utensil on top of a pan. And when he would fall asleep it would fall making
by cryptonode 9y ago
Sounds very similair to Dali's process.
Where he would meditate holding a kitchen utensil on top of a pan.
And when he would fall asleep it would fall making a sound and wake him up with i inspration for his next painting.
http://www.creativitypost.com/authors/profile/33/mmichalko http://www.creativitypost.com/authors/profile/33/mmichalko
- gus_massa 9y agoIt sound interesting, but I never have heard it before and I can't find it in the link or in Google. Is it in the book? Is there other source? (Creativity advisors are sometime too creative.)
- indigochill 9y agoThis is also mentioned in the Coursera course "Learning How to Learn" (https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn). Though I don't recall/know what their source is. "Dali Sleep Technique" turns up many hits in your favorite web browser, however.
- homarp 9y agoit is in "50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship" a bit after the "Three rules for controlling your dreams". Edit: Search for the sentence "In this posture, you must hold a heavy key which you will keep suspended, delicately pressed between the extremities of the thumb and forefinger of your left hand." and look at the google book result, you can read the page 36.
- th0ma5 9y agoI had heard Edison did this.
- axontaxi 9y agoJohn Cleese mentions this process as being done as well by Thomas Edison in his Talk at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p44-9S4O0&t=9m39s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p44-9S4O0&t=9m39s
- gtt 9y agoand Michel Houellebecq seems to use similar process: INTERVIEWER What is your writing schedule now? HOUELLEBECQ I wake up during the night around one a.m. I write half-awake in a semi-conscious state. Progressively, as I drink coffee, I become more conscious. And I write until I’m sick of it.
- laurex 9y agoThis explains a lot about Houellebecq's writing.
- Nomentatus 9y agoIf you're reclined (on your back) a bamboo chop stick (or light metal tube that's a bit bigger held with the tip a couple of inches above your forehead works. Make sure your thumb (and no fingers) are below the stick so it will fall.