Creativity break: What do you do to get into your creative zone?
About this video
In this short creativity break, two people share how they get into a creative zone. One goes for a walk to step away from a problem, and also says that when inspiration doesn't come you should try anyway and treat mistakes as something to jump off from. The other suggests taking a break with a different activity and then coming back to the problem.
You'll be able to
- describe at least two strategies for getting unstuck on a problem.
- explain why writing down what I already know, even with mistakes, can help me be creative.
Key words
- inspiration
- A sudden good idea or feeling that helps you create or solve something.
- creative zone
- A state of mind where ideas come easily and you can work creatively.
Transcript
(soft music) (marker scratches) (keyboard taps)
- Whenever I wanna come up with a solution to a problem and I don't have it, my immediate reaction is to go outside and go on a walk. I love walking in all kinds of weather. I feel like with the peace and calm, moving away from the problem and stepping away from it, sometimes I get way better ideas and it inspires me.
But, I also think there's something to be said about not being inspired. Like, not always as amazing. I feel like sometimes I get struck with inspiration for how I want to explain a Khan Academy video or how I wanna approach a piece of art or how I want to approach a math problem, but sometimes it doesn't come.
And so I feel like what the best solution is when you are trying to get into that creative zone and you can't, is just do it and try to do something anyway. Like write something or write your equations, try to figure it out. And if you make mistakes, that's okay, because it's something to jump off of and sometimes seeing what you already know down on paper can help you come up with better ideas and can help you be more creative.
- Forcing yourself to just conjure a solution, simply does not work. Instead, take a break from the task. Pick something else up, like a physical sport or even video games. And then come back to the original problem. That can do wonders. (soft music)
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