Resources

Inspiration

Julia Cameron – The Artist’s Way

Mason Currey – Daily Rituals

Austin Kleon- Steal like an Artist

Rob Walker – The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday

Lynda Barry – Syllabus

The notebook, as the ultimate creativity tool

Maria Popova, about different writers on why it’s beneficial to keep a diary: https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/09/04/famous-writers-on-keeping-a-diary/

Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/2020/12/18/the-year-in-notebooks/ and why he keeps a diary: https://austinkleon.com/2018/02/20/what-is-the-point-of-keeping-a-diary/

Creativity and the Brain

presentation by the neurosurgeon, Dr. Rex Jung:
https://www.rexjung.com/videos/visualizing-creativity-in-the-brain 

Beaty, R et. al. (2016) – Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics. Trends Cogn Sci. 20(2): 87-95.

Role of relaxation in creative process

Khasky, A. D., & Smith, J. C. (1999). Stress, relaxation states, and creativity. Perceptual and motor skills, 88(2), 409-416.

Yoga and breathing exercises at the Bauhaus school

in Weimar Germany, home to the most influential modernist art school of the 20th century, that physical and breathing exercises were part of daily creative work…

“My first morning periods in class began with relaxation, breathing, and concentration exercises to establish the intellectual and physical readiness which make intensive work possible. The training of the body as an instrument of the mind is of great importance to a creative person. How can a hand express a characteristic feeling in a line when the hand and arm are cramped?
People who have achieved great success in their lives always breath quietly, slowly, and deeply. Those who are short of breath are hasty and greedy in their thoughts and actions.” — Design & Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus by Johannes Itten

 
Frith, E., Miller, S., & Loprinzi, P. D. (2020). A review of experimental research on embodied creativity: revisiting the mind–body connection. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 54(4), 767-798.

About walking

Rominger, C., Schneider, M., Fink, A. et al. Acute and Chronic Physical Activity Increases Creative Ideation Performance: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-analysis. Sports Med – Open 8, 62 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00444-9

Oppezzo, M., & Schwartz, D. L. (2014). Give your ideas some legs: the positive effect of walking on creative thinking. Journal of experimental psychology: learning, memory, and cognition, 40(4), 1142.