“Jootsing”: The Key to Creativity
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“Jootsing”: The Key to Creativity
“The creative process is not about one state,” science historian Steve Johnson explains. “It’s the ability to move between different mental states.”32 Recall from earlier that cycling between moments of solitude and moments of collaboration creates the optimal environment for creativity. It’s a similar idea here. You should cycle between a fly mind
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Juxtaposition works. So mix things up. Pursue more than one interest. Stick things that look different next to each other. Move things around. Make something a fixed point and move other ideas/objects/pictures around it to see what happens. Make your interests messy. This is how slow hunches happen. It’s also a really good creative shortcut.