Catching the brain rain
Submitted by Merlin on April 20, 2006 - 4:38am.
Warm, Partly Cloudy, 100% Chance of Brain Rain
I like James’ ideas for catching the “brain rain” – a way of setting aside a few minutes each day for firewalled creativity through idea generation and capture. This kind of habit could fit nicely into an end-of-day ritual, maybe before a quick review and daily cleanup.
Keys to catching the brain rain:
- set aside 10 minutes, each and every day
- have pen and paper handy
- allow yourself the freedom to think crazy thoughts
- don’t worry if nothing really productive springs to mind right away
- periodically scan over your notes from these sessions as things may pop into your mind after they have “marinated” for a while
- if no ideas pop into your head pick a fun topic and doodle a bit
- use word association to get things rolling if you feel stuck e.g. thinking -> thoughts -> mind -> brainstorm -> brain rain
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