Make The Time To Engage In Moodling
Cartists-the painters, sculptors, musicians and dancers among us. leachers need the power of creativity as lo writers, programmers, engineers, scientists and cooks. Actually, anyone who does anything! But as we know, there comes a time when creativity seems to slip away, ake a short break or sometimes even a ainfully long holiday. Then it's time for noodling. The word comes from Brenda Jeland's classic, If You Want To Write: A 3ook about Art, Independence and Spirit' where she wrote "So you see, imagination lead’s moodling-long, inefficient, happy doling, dawdling and puttering." Moodling, is the dreamy place where me is free to come up with anything-or othing. Someone interestingly described it as cogitating and composting ime. Moodling does make things take or That might house peonle 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 from just doing nothing, that induce and invite your mind to moodle, and this is different for each of us. A refreshing shower; gazing atthe 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 mind leaps ahead, skips and steps, and presents me with images and ideas out of nowhere. “There is something about the 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're doing simply because you do it. For Goma of use 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 students i 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 my writing, 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 in; other people's needs crowd us. Moodle-time is when brain activitslows to a pleasurable pace-when alwaves operate in our brain,bringingthat in-between, meditative state why the mind can weave together conscious thoughts and unconscious ideas andinformation in order to create something newer: Weare less intent coutcome, more present in the now. Children are naturally creative, playful, and experimental, immersingthemselves inthings easily, yet just as easily moving on to something else. Buas they-and we-get older, uncertaintand fear creep in, as do doubts, selfcensoring and over-thinking. Then comparisons are made and outcome beconthe primary focus.We all need to learnmoodle, relinquishing anxiety about outcome, recharging our batteries, redirecingattention to what is truly imptant and so nourishing our creativity.
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Make The Time To Engage In Moodling
Cartists-the painters, sculptors, musicians and dancers among us. leachers need the power of creativity as lo writers, programmers, engineers, scientists and cooks. Actually, anyone who does anything! But as we know, there comes a time when creativity seems to slip away, ake a short break or sometimes even a ainfully long holiday. Then it's time for noodling. The word comes from Brenda Jeland's classic, If You Want To Write: A 3ook about Art, Independence and Spirit' where she wrote "So you see, imagination lead’s moodling-long, inefficient, happy doling, dawdling and puttering." Moodling, is the dreamy place where me is free to come up with anything-or othing. Someone interestingly described it as cogitating and composting ime. Moodling does make things take or That might house peonle 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 from just doing nothing, that induce and invite your mind to moodle, and this is different for each of us. A refreshing shower; gazing atthe 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 mind leaps ahead, skips and steps, and presents me with images and ideas out of nowhere. “There is something about the 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're doing simply because you do it. For Goma of use 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 students i 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 my writing, 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 in; other people's needs crowd us. Moodle-time is when brain activitslows to a pleasurable pace-when alwaves operate in our brain,bringingthat in-between, meditative state why the mind can weave together conscious thoughts and unconscious ideas andinformation in order to create something newer: Weare less intent coutcome, more present in the now. Children are naturally creative, playful, and experimental, immersingthemselves inthings easily, yet just as easily moving on to something else. Buas they-and we-get older, uncertaintand fear creep in, as do doubts, selfcensoring and over-thinking. Then comparisons are made and outcome beconthe primary focus.We all need to learnmoodle, relinquishing anxiety about outcome, recharging our batteries, redirecingattention to what is truly imptant and so nourishing our creativity.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Marguerite Theophil 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 : Marguerite Theophil Speaking Tree,Times of India