John Cleese On Creativity

Very interesting John Cleese video on creativity. Here’s some notes:

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<li>There&#8217;s a part of our mind that helps us be more creative.</li>
    <li>The most dangerous thing when writing is to be interrupted.</li><span id="more-674"></span>
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<p><strong>&#8220;Where do you get your ideas from?&#8221;</strong>

From our unconscious… the part that keeps on going when we’re asleep.

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    <p>&#8220;So, what i&#8217;m saying is if you get into the right mood, then your mode of thinking will become much more creative. But if you&#8217;re racing around all day&#8230; generally just keeping all the balls in the air, you are not going to have any creative ideas.&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>How to create a creative mood.</strong>

You need to create a tortoise enclosure so your little nervous mind will feel it’s save to come out. You have to create an oasis that is separate from ordinary life by:

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<li>Creating boundaries of space -- to avoid the interruptions.</li>
    <li>Creating boundaries of time -- give yourself a starting time and a finish time.</li>
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    <p>&#8220;To know how good you are at something requires the same skills as it does to be good at that thing.&#8221;</p>
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