Fuck nine-to-fives, sleepless nights and work-to-work routines. Last night I sat down waiting for my boyfriend’s plane to land at the Newark Airport and doodled for 45 minutes and then I wrote for my own enjoyment. The time is too sparse where I actually sit down and do something creative for my own benefit. Perhaps this isn’t the case for art students, but even so, sometimes it is just nice to doodle and dabble a little something creative that you don’t have to turn in for a grade. In my research I’ve come to find that there are a shit ton of reasons to support your creative projects, doodles, dabbles and what have you. Five reasons to follow your creative self:
1. Doodling boosts concentration and memory. You should doodle your way through that lecture you can’t stand because studies show that it will keep your from daydreaming you’re way though it. (Check out this article about the doodling study by Discover Magazine)
2. Indulging in your creativity gives you time to spend with yourself, experiment with your mind and really reap the benefits of your own labor
3. You might create cool shit and surprise yourself (check review this book Ignore everybody, for humor please, and maybe an idea or two)
4. You can paint, write, sing, dance and create your way into a better mood (I personally have turned to these books to get my creative juices going: How To Be An Explorer Of The World,The Artists Way,Make Your Creative Dreams Real, these links are meant to give you what the books are about)
5. Creative people are the most interesting (this blogger add less judgmental, curious, optimistic, better at confronting challenges and have flexible imaginations, click here for his reasoning).
The way I look at it, there aren't to many reasons you should not be creative, so get going.
Hey, this is a really good blog post. I really like the style you're developing of doing links. I really like that you don't just link to , say, The artist's way, but rather to an interesting discussion of the book. It works because you say, very up front, "these links are meant to give you what the books are about."
ReplyDeleteI also like the way you set up link for your reasoning about why creativity is good.
The writing of this , however, feels really rushed. a lot of non sentences and typos. Try not to rush so much.
also, always think twice abotu cursing. I know it's an attempt to make in conversational, but it often jumps out strangely. Like, I "Fuck to nine-to-five" worked for me. but "Shit ton" of reasons seemed just like a cliche, like lazy writing. that's what you have to be wary of while being conversational