Comments on: My Experience of Creativity http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/ Personal Development for Smart People Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:21:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: The Nature of Time I « Pristine Mind http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-31787 The Nature of Time I « Pristine Mind Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:59:33 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-31787 [...] All of these folks spent the same amount of time on the same basic tasks (work, sleep, and other stuff), they just happened to distribute their time differently. Can you imagine spending a day in each of these distributions? Which one seems most natural to you? Which make you cringe in your chair? Personally, the idea of having my workday broken up into 30 minute chunks sends shivers up my spine. I like to reach a state of flow with my work, but that’s a conversation for another day. Take a moment to reflect on how you would ideally distribute your activites throughout the day… [...] [...] All of these folks spent the same amount of time on the same basic tasks (work, sleep, and other stuff), they just happened to distribute their time differently. Can you imagine spending a day in each of these distributions? Which one seems most natural to you? Which make you cringe in your chair? Personally, the idea of having my workday broken up into 30 minute chunks sends shivers up my spine. I like to reach a state of flow with my work, but that’s a conversation for another day. Take a moment to reflect on how you would ideally distribute your activites throughout the day… [...]

]]> By: Adam’s Peace » Meditation http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-22486 Adam’s Peace » Meditation Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:22:27 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-22486 [...] So, what is meditation, in easily digestible terms? It is an exercise where you consciously control your thoughts, usually accompanied by breathing exercises, visualization, and sometimes with verbal cues. Some meditation techniques also involve movement, such as Yoga. Entering the creative flow state is also a form of meditation. The methods to achieve meditation are varied, and different methods achieve different results. [...] [...] So, what is meditation, in easily digestible terms? It is an exercise where you consciously control your thoughts, usually accompanied by breathing exercises, visualization, and sometimes with verbal cues. Some meditation techniques also involve movement, such as Yoga. Entering the creative flow state is also a form of meditation. The methods to achieve meditation are varied, and different methods achieve different results. [...]

]]> By: Wishful Thinking » Blog Archive » Creative Links - January http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-21627 Wishful Thinking » Blog Archive » Creative Links - January Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:56:43 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-21627 [...] Creative Flow Speaking of altered states of consciousness, Steve Pavlina wrote a great description of My Experience of Creativity, prompting my inner Creativity Trainspotter to tick off Csikszentmihalyi’s Nine Elements of Creative Flow - can you spot them all? Steve followed up that post with 7 Rules for Maximizing Your Creativity. [...] [...] Creative Flow Speaking of altered states of consciousness, Steve Pavlina wrote a great description of My Experience of Creativity, prompting my inner Creativity Trainspotter to tick off Csikszentmihalyi’s Nine Elements of Creative Flow - can you spot them all? Steve followed up that post with 7 Rules for Maximizing Your Creativity. [...]

]]> By: Summon your creative moments! at Alaeddin’s Blog http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-21301 Summon your creative moments! at Alaeddin’s Blog Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:33:40 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-21301 [...] Have you ever had an “Aha!” moment after reading an insightful article that explains something that you’ve long experienced but weren’t exactly sure whether it was a “real” thing and a known phenomen? I recently had this kind of moment after reading couple of articles about one’s “creative flow” at Steve Pavlina weblog and I thought: man this stuff is so dead on, I gotta share it with everybody! But here’s the kicker: I’m going to put my own visual illustration twist on this subject and give you a nice, concise and memorable step-by-step guide to relive your creative moments based on Steve’s brilliant 7 Rules for Maximizing Your Creative Output. Reliving your creative moments isn’t just for the fun of it, it will help you get your creative fluid juices running again which will let you tap into your creative potential to create awesome works of art in whatever it is you do professionally. [...] [...] Have you ever had an “Aha!” moment after reading an insightful article that explains something that you’ve long experienced but weren’t exactly sure whether it was a “real” thing and a known phenomen? I recently had this kind of moment after reading couple of articles about one’s “creative flow” at Steve Pavlina weblog and I thought: man this stuff is so dead on, I gotta share it with everybody! But here’s the kicker: I’m going to put my own visual illustration twist on this subject and give you a nice, concise and memorable step-by-step guide to relive your creative moments based on Steve’s brilliant 7 Rules for Maximizing Your Creative Output. Reliving your creative moments isn’t just for the fun of it, it will help you get your creative fluid juices running again which will let you tap into your creative potential to create awesome works of art in whatever it is you do professionally. [...]

]]> By: Why You Should Always Eat Lunch Alone (Well, Almost Always) | steve-olson.com http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-20007 Why You Should Always Eat Lunch Alone (Well, Almost Always) | steve-olson.com Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-20007 [...] I love to create. To first interact with others, then retreat to solitude, and create something useful from what I learned during my interaction. But solitude is hard to realize in our society. I crave the creative flow that Tom Demarco, and Timothy Lister describe in Peopleware (one of the finest team management books ever written) or Steve Pavlina describes in this post; the mental state of flow where you lose track of time and space and ideas manifest into reality. [...] [...] I love to create. To first interact with others, then retreat to solitude, and create something useful from what I learned during my interaction. But solitude is hard to realize in our society. I crave the creative flow that Tom Demarco, and Timothy Lister describe in Peopleware (one of the finest team management books ever written) or Steve Pavlina describes in this post; the mental state of flow where you lose track of time and space and ideas manifest into reality. [...]

]]> By: 7 Rules for Maximizing Your Creative Output http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-19956 7 Rules for Maximizing Your Creative Output Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:38:28 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-19956 [...] Steve Pavlina . comPersonal Development for Smart PeopleTM Home Blog Forums Articles Audio Archives About Contact Donate « My Experience of Creativity [...] [...] Steve Pavlina . comPersonal Development for Smart PeopleTM Home Blog Forums Articles Audio Archives About Contact Donate « My Experience of Creativity [...]

]]> By: ~C4Chaos http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-19873 ~C4Chaos Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:47:05 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/#comment-19873 <strong>Steve Pavlina's Blogging Flow</strong> Steve Pavlina gives us a sneak-peek at his flowing creativity. I can relate with him on this since I experience this flow myself once in a while. Just to be fancy, I even called the experience, blogging flow. However, unlike Steve Pavlina’s Blogging Flow

Steve Pavlina gives us a sneak-peek at his flowing creativity. I can relate with him on this since I experience this flow myself once in a while. Just to be fancy, I even called the experience, blogging flow. However, unlike

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