Comments on: How to generate inspiration on demand

By: Andre Thomas

Andre Thomas — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:07:01 +0000

I couldn’t agree more on the part about getting the ideas out of your head.

I used to think that I can remember them all (and a lot of people I know still do that) and that I can pull them out of my head like a magical strand of ideas…

But I always end up getting frustrated because I remembered I have something great to write only I don’t remember what is it!

So my advice to all you writers… carry a notebook around. You never know when your greatest ideas and going to come!

And oh, one of the best way to stimulate your brain is to exercise. I find myself getting my best ideas when I’m exercising and some experts confirms this. I don’t know why exactly but I think it has got something to do with the increased amount of oxygen…

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:50:00 +0000

I especially liked what you said about getting thoughts to paper before you change them in your head. The same thing goes with making music. I feel like I have to get something recorded as soon as I come up with it in my head or I’ll forget it. So the best thing to do is to have my guitars tuned and everything set up so when it does happen I’ll be ready. I used to carry around a little tape recorder so when I was not around recording equipment I could just hum a melody and work on it when I got home. If anyone listened to those tapes I’d be really embarrassed but I’ve gotten some good ideas that way.

By: Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com

Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:30:34 +0000

My favorite is “Don’t censor yourself”.
Resonates w/me a lot. I like throwing “crazy” ideas on the table a lot. That downside that more often they flip a bozo bit on me that adopt it. I do not care. As time goes I see what looked bozo’ish is adopted and used and it makes feel good, it makes me throw even more uncensored ideas

By: Daphne

Daphne — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:08:11 +0000

Hi Patrick,

Okay just one point: always having pen and paper on hand to capture thoughts worth capturing. I with you here!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:58:23 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone –

The odd thing about how the brain handles decision making is that when it’s faced with 5 options instead of one, it is more likely not to make any decision at all.

So I thought that it would be more useful for everyone if I presented one idea and one only (try new things).

Don’t get me wrong – list posts have their place and can be useful, but you probably won’t see them here at VE.

Patrick