Comments on: What it means to be Free to Create II http://www.valeriekampmeier.com/archives/13-What-it-means-to-be-Free-to-Create-II.html Valerie Kampmeier Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Drew Vervan http://www.valeriekampmeier.com/archives/13-What-it-means-to-be-Free-to-Create-II.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Drew Vervan Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:14:47 +0000 http://www.valeriekampmeier.com/?p=13#comment-5 This is a good rendering of artistic inner dialogue - those "voices" that we all hear while we're trying to create: "Must create." "Must be productive." "Now feeling frustrated." And so forth ... I have found, in much the same way that Valerie suggests, that if I write down ideas, regardless of their state of completion, I can let them be and move on to something else. Using this method, I don't feel as though I may have lost something potentially very good. And, in a related way, sometimes ideas will simply not bloom when I force them or will them to do so; instead, I have to coax them along over a period of time. This is a good rendering of artistic inner dialogue – those “voices” that we all hear while we’re trying to create:

“Must create.”
“Must be productive.”
“Now feeling frustrated.”

And so forth …

I have found, in much the same way that Valerie suggests, that if I write down ideas, regardless of their state of completion, I can let them be and move on to something else. Using this method, I don’t feel as though I may have lost something potentially very good. And, in a related way, sometimes ideas will simply not bloom when I force them or will them to do so; instead, I have to coax them along over a period of time.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.valeriekampmeier.com/archives/13-What-it-means-to-be-Free-to-Create-II.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Lisa Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:18:18 +0000 http://www.valeriekampmeier.com/?p=13#comment-4 The way you so enthusiastically described this wonderful creative episode reminded me of what I learned in a course called "The Psychology of Creativity." It especially reminds me of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's discussion of the flow, which is the optimal state to be in for creative endeavors. Here's a brief article by him on the subject of flow: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19970701-000042.html And more on Mr. C, as we used to call him in class: http://www.wie.org/j21/csiksz.asp The way you so enthusiastically described this wonderful creative episode reminded me of what I learned in a course called “The Psychology of Creativity.” It especially reminds me of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s discussion of the flow, which is the optimal state to be in for creative endeavors. Here’s a brief article by him on the subject of flow:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19970701-000042.html

And more on Mr. C, as we used to call him in class:
http://www.wie.org/j21/csiksz.aspÂ

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