Creativity. It's like another world.
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Music and links from this episode
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Controlled_Insanity/Into_the_Pit/Controlled_Insanity_-_Into_the_it_-_04_Inner_Mental_Cage_Bitmap_Remix (Inner Mental Cage (Bitmap Remix) by Controlled Insanity)
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Unknown_Trio/Freejazz/freejazz (Freejazz by The Unknown Trio)
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Juanitos/netBloc_Vol_24_tiuqottigeloot/Hola_Hola_Bossa_Nova (Hola Hola Bossa Nova by Juanitos)
Line-by-line notes
INTRO
When you’re making things
Designing things
Drawing things
Or just creating things
Is a really special thing
It’s not like anything else on this planet
When you get into the zone...
It’s like stepping into another world
This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess
PLAY MID SONG
Jazz music is the ultimate place of stepping into another world for me
Jazz musicians are some of the most creative people on the planet
And once they’ve found their flow
Their improvisations are otherworldly
When their improvising, they’re in a flow and in another world
The idea of flow is not an idea that’s unique to creativity
It’s talked about in sports and lots of other places
The idea is sometimes referred to as being in the zone
It’s a special place where nothing else matters around you
You’re completely and utterly immersed in your activity
I get like this when I’m designing things
And also when I’m coding
Once I’m 100% focused on the activity
Everything else around me fades away
Being in a creative flow is a lot like meditating
You’re completely and utterly focused on nothing else
In my day to day life
Of phone calls, emails and office conversation
I don’t get much of a chance to get into this zone
It’s hard in a busy lifestyle with lots to do
To get focused
And to find room inside your busy brain
But to produce our best work
And to be at our best creatively
We need to find ways to achieve it
Everybody’s different
And part of the challenge of harnessing your other world
Is to find when it’s easiest to access for you
For some people it’s a morning
And there’s been lots of studies to say that mornings are the most productive for a lot of people
For me, I love my sleep
So mornings aren’t good for me
But I really kick into overdrive on an evening
Unfortunately the later the better for me
I love the feeling of night time peace
And that really feels like another world to me
I record my podcasts pretty late at night
The night time has a different mood for me
Everything is at peace
And everything is quiet
There’s no fast moving people needing to get somewhere
And there’s no cars flying around desperate to get to their final destination
Everybody is just…relaxed
And enjoying themselves
And whilst this time is going on
I feel at my most creative and productive
To succeed as a designer or any creative
You’ve got to learn about your other world
And how to get into it
Savour it
And create stuff in it
Not only will you become a better creative
You’ll enjoy yourself too
A win win creative situation
OUTRO
This was AADA. I’m