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Any ritual can help if done with the right frame of mind. Some creative
rituals are downright strange. One writer had a particular record of Spanish flamenco
music he listened to before he started to write. Mort Walker (the cartoonist) soaks one
foot in hot water and the other in cold. John Steinbeck wrote letters to his publisher in
a notebook as a warm-up to writing "East of Eden" (These letters make very
interesting reading for the creative writer). Douglas Adams (of 'Hitch-Hikers Guide to the
Galaxy' fame) is very fond of taking baths to get fresh ideas.
The ritual itself is usually not directly related to creative thinking
but is a means of focusing the mind on producing ideas and is a very personal thing. What
works for one person will probably not work for another. Remember that a ritual is an
external method, whereas creativity is personal and individual. |
