I mentioned that I'd like you to watch a video regarding Creativity and sleep... please watch it, try out the advice and post your comments on your blog.
Great video. I read a similar concept in a book called 'A smile in the mind', which is about witty thinking in graphic design. The illustrator & designer Seymour Chwast also champions the simple technique of 'sleeping on it', to let the subconscious 'number crunch' it's way through a problem un-hindered by the RAM-hungry conscious waking life. Seymour Chwast is one of the founding members of the iconic Push Pin Studios in 1954, along with Milton Glaser. See http://www.pushpininc.com/ for some truly inspirational work from a living legend of the modern design industry.
It's true that after a nights rest you can wake up and find that ideas flow more easily or you remember things that you have forgotten. I ain't so sure about his theories on the unconscious mind though. He seems to jump to allot of conclusions and I think he is talking more about what works for him than what will work for everybody. I could pick holes in what he was saying but that would be tiresome and as it's John Cleese and I love him, it would kinda feel like calling your grandfather a moron because he cant use an Ipod.
Great video. I read a similar concept in a book called 'A smile in the mind', which is about witty thinking in graphic design. The illustrator & designer Seymour Chwast also champions the simple technique of 'sleeping on it', to let the subconscious 'number crunch' it's way through a problem un-hindered by the RAM-hungry conscious waking life. Seymour Chwast is one of the founding members of the iconic Push Pin Studios in 1954, along with Milton Glaser. See http://www.pushpininc.com/ for some truly inspirational work from a living legend of the modern design industry.
ReplyDeleteIt's true that after a nights rest you can wake up and find that ideas flow more easily or you remember things that you have forgotten. I ain't so sure about his theories on the unconscious mind though. He seems to jump to allot of conclusions and I think he is talking more about what works for him than what will work for everybody. I could pick holes in what he was saying but that would be tiresome and as it's John Cleese and I love him, it would kinda feel like calling your grandfather a moron because he cant use an Ipod.
ReplyDeleteGo on John say NI!