100 Things Challenge (#1): A Chrysalis Is a Solitary Place (or How a Writer Is Born)

[dawn_felagund]

I've decided to take the 100 Things challenge. (Just what I need! Something else to add to my to-do list! Luckily I have forever to finish it, which those of you waiting for me to finish things can all attest is about how long it usually takes.)

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[dawn_felagund]

I've also noticed a correlation between creativity and mood. I write best when hypomanic; I find it easier to descend into that "crazy place" in my mind where I can let go of enough inhibitions to write honestly and, therefore, really tap into something meaningful (or hopefully meaningful :). When depressed, the best I can usually manage is angsty poetry, if provoked.

What I think would be interesting to see is if I can generate a positive mood by writing: Can replicating the creative state generated by a positive mood itself produce a positive mood? Or is it one-way only? (The psychology of inspiration fascinates me. :)

My sense of timing is different than most people's evidently, my sense of a polite pause more ample, and I'm forever getting beat to the punch just before I open my mouth.

Isn't that so frustrating? I'm not a very competitive person to start. I prefer to collaborate rather than fight others to be heard. I'm just not comfortable feeling as though I'm shutting others down, with the result that I am often myself shut down, and my ideas aren't heard. Grr.

[huinare]

*looks up hypomania* Ohh. That describes me sometimes. Good to have that term in my arsenal, since I was distinctly aware that I've never been precisely ''manic."

What I think would be interesting to see is if I can generate a positive mood by writing: Can replicating the creative state generated by a positive mood itself produce a positive mood? Or is it one-way only? (The psychology of inspiration fascinates me. :)

That is a fascinating thought. =) I ought to test this out next time I'm getting into one of my little ruts. (Of course the biggest step is getting oneself to do it in the first place..)

I prefer to collaborate rather than fight others to be heard. I'm just not comfortable feeling as though I'm shutting others down, with the result that I am often myself shut down, and my ideas aren't heard. Grr.

Argh, precisely. For me, it often results in the additional defeatist feature of giving up even trying about halfway through a meeting or other discussion.