Comments on: Quiet http://babayard.com/blog/2009/08/quiet/ obstacles to creativity / strategies to prevail Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: babayard http://babayard.com/blog/2009/08/quiet/comment-page-1/#comment-46 babayard Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:17:34 +0000 http://babayard.com/blog/?p=45#comment-46 A two-hour period of time where I have nothing to do but think is indeed rare, I agree, but if I can schedule them every once in a while and truly let them be unfocused, it always turns up something useful. I'd love to hear more about your "active meditation," Liz. A two-hour period of time where I have nothing to do but think is indeed rare, I agree, but if I can schedule them every once in a while and truly let them be unfocused, it always turns up something useful. I’d love to hear more about your “active meditation,” Liz.

]]> By: Liz Vesecky http://babayard.com/blog/2009/08/quiet/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Liz Vesecky Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:17:27 +0000 http://babayard.com/blog/?p=45#comment-45 Quiet time is indeed precious. But for those of us who do not often have such luxuries, other techniques must be used to achieve the same, or similar results. I often use a kind of "active meditation." Mindfulness of the present moment, even in the middle of chaos, lends its own calm. Liz Quiet time is indeed precious. But for those of us who do not often have such luxuries, other techniques must be used to achieve the same, or similar results. I often use a kind of “active meditation.” Mindfulness of the present moment, even in the middle of chaos, lends its own calm.

Liz

]]> By: Jane http://babayard.com/blog/2009/08/quiet/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Jane Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:42:48 +0000 http://babayard.com/blog/?p=45#comment-40 Bruce, thanks for the reminder. I find that the first period of time you talk about is critical for me. I don't realize I am engaging in the "do something" when I want to be creative and find disappointment in what I produce. That having time to let it bubble up is important. Bruce,
thanks for the reminder. I find that the first period of time you talk about is critical for me. I don’t realize I am engaging in the “do something” when I want to be creative and find disappointment in what I produce. That having time to let it bubble up is important.

]]> By: babayard http://babayard.com/blog/2009/08/quiet/comment-page-1/#comment-39 babayard Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:54:17 +0000 http://babayard.com/blog/?p=45#comment-39 Yes, it's a challenge. I think having a room in the house given over to quiet is a good strategy. Our little studio apartment is so small that it's difficult to keep an uncluttered space, free of distractions, but if there were a little sitting space, without a radio or t.v., or books and magazines, or a spot in a nearby park where you could sit and get quiet, that would be a good place to visit regularly. Yes, it’s a challenge. I think having a room in the house given over to quiet is a good strategy. Our little studio apartment is so small that it’s difficult to keep an uncluttered space, free of distractions, but if there were a little sitting space, without a radio or t.v., or books and magazines, or a spot in a nearby park where you could sit and get quiet, that would be a good place to visit regularly.

]]> By: denissia http://babayard.com/blog/2009/08/quiet/comment-page-1/#comment-38 denissia Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:35:10 +0000 http://babayard.com/blog/?p=45#comment-38 wow. what a great suggestion. And I must add, a challenge. Is this why I love to sit and stare? Only during rare moments do I let myself space out, so to speak. wow. what a great suggestion. And I must add, a challenge. Is this why I love to sit and stare? Only during rare moments do I let myself space out, so to speak.

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