Writing : Mental State for Writing

Transient hypo-frontality. Interesting. They talk about inducing it with exercise, but of course there are lots of other mindless activities that can do this as well. You always hear about inspiration arriving in the shower or on the toilet or whatnot. I posted on here several years ago about experimenting with "writing" fiction dictated into a voice-memo app while riding a stationary bike. Super productive from a word-count standpoint, but a lot more work in the editorial stage to cut the crap. That's maybe a little different because I was doing both simultaneously instead of waiting until exercise was over. Maybe, I dunno.

Some people find their flow under chemical influence. In those situations, I prefer just to brainstorm, because while all kinds of interesting ditties beam down my antenna, focusing on any one of them isn't very effective for me. Then later I'll find the diamonds in the coal (usually just a single line or phrase) and extrapolate from them to compose actual songs or stories or whatever. Instead of "write drunk, edit sober" it's more like "seed drunk, write in the flow, edit sober." Most creativity, I think, is about making uncommon connections between disparate things. Juxtapositions. Even a simple Mad-Lib will do the trick, or some random image prompt. Some of us excel at that—perhaps innately, but I like to think it's just practice—while for others that remains mysterious.

Hola!  I'm not reading or writing at the moment—haven't been for a while now—so not much to contribute. But I peek in here and there. Gearing up to start on my next album. Been focused on music the past couple of years. Y'know, and a lot of TV.