Creativity Prescription: Wake n’ Write
It has been, to say the most, damn hard to make music since working 9 to 10 hour days. To make time, I’ve started waking up at 6:30 A.M. But because other parties are still sleeping at that hour, including Magu, I only write—in my journal—the first things out of my brain. I violently jot down lyrics, meanderings, stupid thoughts—anything. It’s a verbal colonic in the morning: it gets the pipes cleaned out and better yet, it’s all on paper.
I’ve always summoned the creative monsters in my head as an after hours writer but these days, after hours, I’m passed out on my face. But I read this article in Psychology Today called “Everyday Creativity” that prescribed a solution to the doldrums and repetition of the weekdays:
“Creativity coach Maisel believes that your waking hours are best since they enable you to apply your ‘sleep thinking’ to glitches in your haiku-writing, furniture-designing, or quilting. (Studies confirm that ‘sleeping on it’ indeed allows for stellar solutions to make their way to the forefront of your mind.) Furthermore, Maisel sees carving out morning time for a creative pursuit as a way to infuse the rest of your day with existential meaning. The boost you get from your 7 A.M. compositional breakthrough could propel you through a rote desk job.”
Thus the new routine I’m trying to actually keep: wake n’ write, sing n’ sleep. Now, I just need to figure out how to regiment my blog postings. . .
Check it: “Everyday Creativity” – Psychology Today