Think Creative

Is a resident of the cave (a prisoner, as it were) likely to want to make the ascent to the outer world? Why or why not? What does the sun symbolize in the allegory? And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened:--Behold! human beings living in an underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets. I see. And do you see, I said, men passing along the wall carrying all sorts of vessels, and statues and figures of animals made of wood a...

Continuing the theme of blocks and how they affect the working and creative attitude of many people, today this blog covers that issue of 'environmental blocks'. This is something that is external out there, but affects our mental state of mind. It can range from a number of sources and be caused by a number of things, but ultimately it has control over the way our mind works. One aspect that we never really consider in the development of work is where and how we sit. Or more precisely the environment in which we sit. Firstly, our seated position is of utmost importance to our health and our state of mind. Sitting incorrectly for long periods of time without any degree of support or relaxation is not very productive. Making our back ache is resulting in doing harm to our main nervous channel. All the stems of our bodies extremities come from the many spinal cord. Hence, any aching and numbness caused by sitting incorrectly is a direct result to the prolonged angle at which yo...

I have written something before about environmental issues in a conducive environment, but yesterday I saw a TED talk which really aided in re-enforcing the point. I have linked it  here , so that you can enjoy the subject of how noise affects us. It was a scientific exploration of how the mind reacts to the sounds around us. What was discussed was the fact that we have adapted to try to accept these noises around us, and especially in our working environment. One point actually popped out, during the speech, that made an impact and actually supports the points made in my previous post on 'environmental blocks'. That point was the notion that our working environment should be suited to our needs. Not simply for personal gratification reasons, but also for productivity reasons. Recently it has become a trend to have open plan office working environments. This tends to negate the whole process of a god work practice. Mainly due to the noise output affecting our ability to work....