Creativity as a subconscious act is far more powerful than it is when you are consciously editing what you are saying, playing or writing.
Creativity is many things including senseless writing, drawing, noise making and other random ideas that might occur in your head at any given time. However, nonsense is not what I am taking about here.
What I am talking about is playing your instrument with a blindfold on. Blocking one of your senses in order to enhance your hearing is an amazing method to teach yourself trust, creativity and self-confidence.
Playing in the dark is also a good way to accomplish the same idea. If you are a writer you can turn off your monitor while you type and worry about the editing later…
Why Sense Blocking?
If you can’t edit your writing until afterward or if you can’t look at your instrument to stop yourself from making mistakes, you are forced to live with the outcome.
This is how a musician learns how to improvise. This is how a writer learns how to free his or her self from the editing process until you are done. You allow your real self to come out and play like you did as a child.
This is how I write my blog, my songs and solve problems in my life. I block a sense, usually my sight and allow myself to think freely, not worrying about mistakes. This is how I leaned to improvise music.
Making a mistake is only possible when you acknowledge what you have done as a mistake and don’t correct it.
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