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Except if your mind worked like that, you'd never be creative. To think you can focus on one thing is to ignore all the times you came up with a solution to a p
by derleth 14y ago
Except if your mind worked like that, you'd never be creative. To think you can focus on one thing is to ignore all the times you came up with a solution to a problem after ignoring it for a while and doing something else.
- timr 14y agoWho says creativity can't happen while you're washing dishes? Just because you're doing the dishes doesn't mean that ideas won't form in your head. Part of what mindfulness is about is letting thoughts drift through your mind: you're trying to be conscious of your thoughts and actions, not eliminate them. And in any case, nobody says you have to focus all the time. But if you make no room for serendipity, serendipity will not occur.
- vampirechicken 14y agoderleth just did.
- derleth 14y ago> Who says creativity can't happen while you're washing dishes? It can't if you actually focused 100% on washing dishes. Which is my point exactly, which you seem to be perfectly missing. The whole concept of 'mindfulness' is contrary to serendipity. It is also, thankfully, contrary to how intelligent minds work.