Make The Time To Engage In Moodling
Creativity is not only for artists-the painters, sculptors, musicians and dancers among us. Ceachers need the power of creativity as o writers, programmers, engineers, cientists and cooks. Actually, anyone who does anything! But as we know, there comes a time when creativity seems to slip away, ame a short break or sometimes even a bainfully long holiday. Then it's time for moulding. The word comes from Brenda Jeland's classic, If You Want To Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit' where she wrote "So you see, imagination heeds moodling-long, inefficient, happy dling, dawdling and puttering." Moodling, is the dreamy place where one is free to come up with anything-or mothing. Someone interestingly described it as cogitating and composting ime. Doodling does make things take onger That might be why so many people are uncomfortable with the idea.But it makes writing and any kind of creating much more rewarding and alive and deep. There are certain activities, apart fromjust doing nothing, that induce and invite your mind to moodle, and this is different for each of us. A refreshing shower; gazing at the incredible number of shades of green in my garden, long walks on the beach early in the day are activities that do it for me. For you it might be riding a bicycle or sketching or even a bus ride. Or as Sam Keene wrote, "When i walk, my mindleaps ahead, skips and steps, and presents me with images and ideas out of nowhere." There is something aboutthe movement involved in walking that encourages ideas to float in and out. Moodling is really about time spent in the flow state, where you're enjoying what you ‘redoing simply because you do it.For some of us moodling time may mean breaking off what we are occupied with and doing something else that requires a different kind of focus. The replacement activity can often be another creative one. Recently, when i was horribly stuck while writing something, i moved away from my laptop and set about making some finger puppets for some studentsi work with. The scissors and cutting, felt and foam sheets, shapes and colours coming together with no goal to finish a certain number or to do it all perfectly gave me that space and floaty engagement that often characterises moodling. And when i went back to mywriting, ideas came freely; it was smoother and easier. But many of us may have to tree learn moodling as a whole new skill. We tend to bring our habitual got-to-get-it-done attitude even to moodling. Goals and to-do lists take over, competition or self-criticism kicks ат in; other people's needs crowd us Moodle-time is when brain activislows to a pleasurable pace-when alwaves operate in our brain, bringingthat in-between, meditativestate whthe mind can weave together conscicthoughts and unconscious ideas and information in order to create something newer. We are less intentoutcome, more present in the now. Children are naturally creative, playful, andexperimental, immersingthemselves in things easily, yet just aseasily moving on to something else. Bas they-and we-get older, uncertainand fear creep in, as do doubts, self censoring and over-thinking. Then coparisons are made and outcome becothe primary focus. We all need to learmoodle, relinquishing anxiety aboutoutcome, recharging our batteries, redirecingattention to what is truly imtant and so nourishing our creativity
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Courtesy : Margueríte Theophíl Speaking Tree ,Time Of India
Make The Time To Engage In Moodling
Creativity is not only for artists-the painters, sculptors, musicians and dancers among us. Ceachers need the power of creativity as o writers, programmers, engineers, cientists and cooks. Actually, anyone who does anything! But as we know, there comes a time when creativity seems to slip away, ame a short break or sometimes even a bainfully long holiday. Then it's time for moulding. The word comes from Brenda Jeland's classic, If You Want To Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit' where she wrote "So you see, imagination heeds moodling-long, inefficient, happy dling, dawdling and puttering." Moodling, is the dreamy place where one is free to come up with anything-or mothing. Someone interestingly described it as cogitating and composting ime. Doodling does make things take onger That might be why so many people are uncomfortable with the idea.But it makes writing and any kind of creating much more rewarding and alive and deep. There are certain activities, apart fromjust doing nothing, that induce and invite your mind to moodle, and this is different for each of us. A refreshing shower; gazing at the incredible number of shades of green in my garden, long walks on the beach early in the day are activities that do it for me. For you it might be riding a bicycle or sketching or even a bus ride. Or as Sam Keene wrote, "When i walk, my mindleaps ahead, skips and steps, and presents me with images and ideas out of nowhere." There is something aboutthe movement involved in walking that encourages ideas to float in and out. Moodling is really about time spent in the flow state, where you're enjoying what you ‘redoing simply because you do it.For some of us moodling time may mean breaking off what we are occupied with and doing something else that requires a different kind of focus. The replacement activity can often be another creative one. Recently, when i was horribly stuck while writing something, i moved away from my laptop and set about making some finger puppets for some studentsi work with. The scissors and cutting, felt and foam sheets, shapes and colours coming together with no goal to finish a certain number or to do it all perfectly gave me that space and floaty engagement that often characterises moodling. And when i went back to mywriting, ideas came freely; it was smoother and easier. But many of us may have to tree learn moodling as a whole new skill. We tend to bring our habitual got-to-get-it-done attitude even to moodling. Goals and to-do lists take over, competition or self-criticism kicks ат in; other people's needs crowd us Moodle-time is when brain activislows to a pleasurable pace-when alwaves operate in our brain, bringingthat in-between, meditativestate whthe mind can weave together conscicthoughts and unconscious ideas and information in order to create something newer. We are less intentoutcome, more present in the now. Children are naturally creative, playful, andexperimental, immersingthemselves in things easily, yet just aseasily moving on to something else. Bas they-and we-get older, uncertainand fear creep in, as do doubts, self censoring and over-thinking. Then coparisons are made and outcome becothe primary focus. We all need to learmoodle, relinquishing anxiety aboutoutcome, recharging our batteries, redirecingattention to what is truly imtant and so nourishing our creativity
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Namita Devidayal kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Margueríte Theophíl Speaking Tree ,Time Of India