If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. ~Raymond Inmon
Went
out today for a nice 4 mile walk. Surely it was needed. I have been
studying for my oral exam on Monday. Soon another Certified Kaizen Muse
Creativity Coach will be available to the world. Helping others with
blocks. Helping others to embark upon their creative journeys, one step
at a time! ONE SMALL STEP.
It is on these walks that my best ideas come to me.
It is while walking
that difficult clarity emerges.”
Julia Cameron, Walking in This World.
Walking is all
about creating space for “thinking” that has nothing to do with
“doing”. When you walk, your mind has time to meander down different
pathways than the ones it normally gets stuck in during more
productivity-oriented activities. Your mind doesn’t have to fill itself
with concerns about whether the erratic driver next to you is going to
cut you off, or where your next turn-off is. All you need to do is put
one foot in front of the other and let your mind wander down paths of
its own.When
we get too busy with “doing” and don’t dedicate enough time to
“thinking”, we lose our creative edges. .
