I was looking for books on creativity and the creative process. Not how to make things, but why we make things. A philosophy of creativity, so to speak. During my initial search process I came across some reviews of “The Artist’s Way” (not an endorsement, I haven’t read it). One reviewer complained that it was…
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Capturing ideas
I’ve been experimenting with different methods for capturing ideas. Of course, capturing them is no problem, making them retrievable is another matter. The Heap My main method is an “ideas” text file in my cloud storage I call “The Heap.” Don’t even get me started on the tabs I have open on my browser “so…
My minimally creative project
Some time ago I was feeling down because I felt like I had no gas in my creative tank. Sometimes, that happens because I have too many projects, so I get frozen in indecision. Other times, life just squeezes all the juice out of me. This time it was the latter. So one day, as…
Blog accountability: the first week
Well, I fell off the wagon after two days. In my defense, I slept in unintentionally on day three and didn’t have my morning free time. And today I wasn’t feeling well. But that’s okay. They say it takes two weeks before something becomes a habit. My plan to avoid aimless scrolling is only temporarily…
On blogging and accountability
This is not my first blog. But this is the longest I’ve ever stuck with it. The shortest was 1 post, after which I forgot about them. I always held back from blogging. Partly because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be saying anything unique and profound. Partly because I felt like a blog was…
Memory as archaeology
Until a short time ago, I would have identified my memory management style as something akin to archaeological layers. An archaeologist can study the items found at a particular layer and tell a great deal about the time period, possibly even nailing the layer to a very specific historical event. Similarly, they might know that…
Managing creativity
This post is the intersection of two existential crises I have recently experienced. The first crisis was discovering Zettelkasten, a note-taking method using index cards where ideas are tagged or linked to create what some call a “second brain.” The second crisis was discovering the concept of the “multipotentialite,” a term coined by Emilie Wapnick…