Corrie van Wijk
28-07-2008, 10:24 AM
John: "While distracted the sub-conscious is allowed to work and explore freely. [...] Our conscious dismisses creative thought [...] Only when (a short) time is allowed for our minds to explore without question can these things emerge."
I think that it is not our conscious that dismisses creative thought, but some judging mechanism within.
In a creative process the brainstorm rules do not apply: the brain knows what it is looking for and recognises and dismisses any irrelevant thought. That is why I think you need a WWYLTHH? to be able to concentrate on the information that forms the solution.
It is like you are searching your house to find something: you know beforehand where it could be and you don't go and look in places that you know it can't.
I think that it is not our conscious that dismisses creative thought, but some judging mechanism within.
In a creative process the brainstorm rules do not apply: the brain knows what it is looking for and recognises and dismisses any irrelevant thought. That is why I think you need a WWYLTHH? to be able to concentrate on the information that forms the solution.
It is like you are searching your house to find something: you know beforehand where it could be and you don't go and look in places that you know it can't.