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Story Archives of 'creativity'
Go Ahead, Take A Nap
By Todd Bookman on Thursday, October 8, 2009.We know listening to Word of Mouth would never put you to sleep. But maybe your lunch left you in a food coma. We suggest that you just go with it.
Catching Some Z's
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
As the ever-quotable Winston Churchill put it, “You must sleep sometime between lunch and dinner. You get two days in one – well, at least one and a half.” Other prolific nappers include Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison.
The afternoon nap is one of the first luxuries of childhood to fall by the wayside. These days even the Spanish, known for their afternoon siestas, are easing up on the practice.
But now researchers are finding that a 90-minute nap, complete with a dream-inducing REM sleep, could spark greater levels of creativity. Sara Mednick is an assistant professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego and author of a new study on the benefits of napping.
Let Me Sleep On It: Creative Problem Solving Enhanced by REM Sleep
(Photo by Dra sick Love via Flickr/Creative Commons)
The Writer's Brush
By Xenia Piaseckyj on Friday, September 14, 2007.There's a clear distinction between creativity and talent that any writer or painter can expound on. People who write well, and paint well, are a relatively rare breed. We're going to talk with Donald Friedman, the author of The Writer's Brush about some of the remarkable people who were, or are primarily writers but who developed bodies of work as painters as well. They include Winston Churchill, Joseph Conrad, E.E. Cummings, Kurt Vonnegut and hundreds of others.
Ellen Langer: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity
By Monadnock Summe... on Saturday, August 27, 2005.A psychology professor at Harvard University, Ellen Langer works on the illusion of control, aging, decision-making, and mindfulness theory as described in over 150 research articles and six academic books. She is the author of The Power of Mindful Learning and Mindfulness, in which she discusses the profound psychological and physical advantages of mindful information processing. Her newest book, On Becoming An Artist, was published by Random House this spring. She has received many academic honors including: The Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest; American Psychological Association Distinguished Contributions of Basic Science to Applied Psychology Award; and a Guggenheim Fellowship. A full length feature film about Langer's life, Counter Clockwise, is currently in the works.
Learning as a Visual Process
By John Walters on Wednesday, June 19, 2002.David Hyerle is an educator with a radical notion- teaching students HOW to learn. In his method, students aquire a "tool box" of what he calls "thinking maps." Thinking maps are learning techniques that help students organize information visually. He says his method helps people nor only retain what they are taught, but use it creatively. More about David and his company at www.mapthemind.com
Unleashing Your Creative Power
By John Walters on Friday, February 22, 2002.Claude Caswell teaches a course on creativity at the College for Lifelong Learning. He says it's a myth that creativity comes naturally and you either have it or you don't. He says anyone can discover their creativity and bring it to their lives and the workplace. He talks about his unique approach to creativity.
