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How Boredom Can Boost Creativity

42 points by kernelv 12y ago

nether 12y ago
boredom, cheerfulness, melancholy [1], guess everything makes us creative [1] http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creat...
- veb 12y ago
  Seems like a dog eat dog world in 'creativity'. If I'm sad, I'm too busy wallowing in self pity than to do anything meaningful.
- bathMarm0t 12y ago
  It's almost like creative people are individuals; breathing beings who experience complex lives. Lives that will later be scrutinized and categorized by others trying to figure out the "secret sauce" to humanity's most prized possession.
- JetSpiegel 12y ago
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Shengbo 12y ago
Next up on the front page: "Breathe to become more creative." > http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creat... > http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-cheer-up-rd http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-che...
- Shengbo 12y ago
  This just in: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/features/2013/daily_rituals/balzac_and_sex_how_the_french_novelist_used_masturbation_to_fuel_his_writing.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/features/2013/...
thomasfl 12y ago
Boredom is the best way to boost creativity. Forcing yourself to sit in a really boring place without the stimulation of a cell phone or a laptop, and only a pen and a paper, works wonder. Intake of psychoactive drugs, makes you high or low, and thus can help you get started, but is not recommended. Note that I am talking about caffeine, alcohol and nicotine when I say psychoactive drugs. Stronger substances is of course not recommended at all for creative work.
dhfromkorea 12y ago
Interesting read. Recently I conceived a similar relationship between boredom and long-term productivity and wrote a blogpost about it. http://www.dhfromkorea.com/boredom-is-powerful/ http://www.dhfromkorea.com/boredom-is-powerful/
spanko_at_large 12y ago
http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-cheer-up-rd http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-che... http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creat... Clearly everything boosts creativity

42 points by kernelv 12y ago

boredom, cheerfulness, melancholy [1], guess everything makes us creative [1] http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creat...

veb 12y ago
Seems like a dog eat dog world in 'creativity'. If I'm sad, I'm too busy wallowing in self pity than to do anything meaningful.
bathMarm0t 12y ago
It's almost like creative people are individuals; breathing beings who experience complex lives. Lives that will later be scrutinized and categorized by others trying to figure out the "secret sauce" to humanity's most prized possession.
JetSpiegel 12y ago
http://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/ http://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/

Shengbo 12y ago

Next up on the front page: "Breathe to become more creative." > http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creat... > http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-cheer-up-rd http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-che...

Shengbo 12y ago
This just in: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/features/2013/daily_rituals/balzac_and_sex_how_the_french_novelist_used_masturbation_to_fuel_his_writing.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/features/2013/...

thomasfl 12y ago

Boredom is the best way to boost creativity. Forcing yourself to sit in a really boring place without the stimulation of a cell phone or a laptop, and only a pen and a paper, works wonder. Intake of psychoactive drugs, makes you high or low, and thus can help you get started, but is not recommended. Note that I am talking about caffeine, alcohol and nicotine when I say psychoactive drugs. Stronger substances is of course not recommended at all for creative work.

dhfromkorea 12y ago

Interesting read. Recently I conceived a similar relationship between boredom and long-term productivity and wrote a blogpost about it. http://www.dhfromkorea.com/boredom-is-powerful/ http://www.dhfromkorea.com/boredom-is-powerful/

spanko_at_large 12y ago

http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-cheer-up-rd http://nautil.us/issue/20/creativity/to-be-more-creative-che... http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creat... Clearly everything boosts creativity