Creativity Self-development

What Destroys Creativity and How to Fix it

I recently watched Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s TED Talk on how craving attention is detrimental to creativity while focussing attention is fundamental to it. Oof—it spoke to me. So much so that it inspired my intention for this month: focussed attention. Creating is such a process of curiosity and opening, of sitting with your observations and emotions, of expression through patience, play …

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Self-development

Focussed attention: March intention & journal prompts

I recently watched Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s TED Talk on how craving attention is detrimental to creativity while focussing attention is fundamental to it. Oof—it spoke to me. So much so that it inspired my intention for this month: focussed attention. Screens, scrolling, watching, consuming, numbing… sometimes I plunge into these traps practically from the moment I wake up. These habits have …

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