john cleese – creativity
1. space – sealing yourself off
2. time – starting and stopping points in order to seal yourself off
1 and 2 creates an oasis by setting boundaries of space and time – now creativity can happen
play is possible when we’re separate from everyday life
3. time – how to use the oasis you’ve created – why do you still need time? – by sticking at it – originality peaks – ..
dancing with the time that it’s not solved causes internal agitation, [in order to get rid of that we usually take a decision – too early – to escape the discomfort of not knowing]
putting in more pondering time…
giving your mind as long as possible to come up with something original
4. confidence – true play is experiment – openness to anything, whatever is ok, can’t be playful if you’re frightful that moving in some direction will be wrong,
alan watts – you can’t be spontaneous within reason
while you’re being creative – nothing is wrong
5. humor – gets us from closed mode to open mode quicker than anything else
often serenity serves pomposity
grazie brainpickings