This time, John and Kevin discuss finding creativity. Finding a creative path in the first place, or finding our way back to creativity. Recent years have been both a boon and a bane to creative work. We offer some thoughts and ideas for getting going or getting going again, and why you should.
Resources:
John is reading: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
The Science Behind Creativity
This article summarizes some of the science around creativity:
https://extension.sdstate.edu/mental-health-and-creativity
One article talks about the benefits of Expressive Writing.
https://www.psychreg.org/expressive-writing/
We might not think of journaling as creative, but it absolutely is.
So is knitting, for example:
https://www.mhanational.org/blog/mental-health-benefits-knitting
And, we discussed why creativity is important in Episode 1.