Renowned neuroscientist Alice Flaherty theorizes that the key biological ingredient in incubation is dopamine, the neurotransmitter released when we’re relaxed and comfortable. “People vary in terms of their level of creative drive,” writes Flaherty, “according to the activity of the dopamine pathways of the limbic system.” More relaxation, more dopamine. More dopamine, more creativity. http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/why-you-do-your-best-thinking-in-the-shower.htmlA life of doing the next thing and then the next thing and then the next thing without interruption robs me of creativity. I was made in The Creator's Image and am wired to be creative. Busyness is an attack on my very purpose and destiny. I must make time, guard my time for relaxing and creating.
May 2015 be the year of new beginnings.
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