Crackorn Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I've discussed this topic ad nauseum with friends and people I've worked on projects with and the differences in rituals and techniques is amazing, at best. From having to smoke weed to meditating to shrooms to riding a Harley. I find that I'm at my most creative state when I've been up all night, I'm absolutely exhausted and hungry ( possibly to the point of delirium) and I start throwing ideas around. I think of things that I would never even dream of during a regular day. So i decided to write an article on the topic and I need some of your insight!J. Cracker von Corn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastyt Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 It's the same for me- well not the hunger part, because I don't function when I have to eat, lol. But when I'm seriously sleep-deprived I enter kind of a manic state, fueled by adrenaline. My thoughts are flying in a million directions at once, I sit down and try to get them all down, making connections that somehow don't exist when I'm well-rested and slightly more sane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highmay Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I'm most creative when I'm inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shugabooga Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 i used to come up with some crazy ideas at twilo........or sometimes after a big huge cup of coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottallyoff Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 always.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mist Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 my best ideas come up when I stay up all night writing a paper, unfortunately the ideas usually strain far away from the paper. It is those long periods between writing, when I seem to be stuck. But in fact my mind is somewhere else, creating new worlds and concepts. Countless "what ifs" and all the strings of thought that follow. Its the coffee buz. Too bad I usually forget everything.The other time is when I'm rolling, but those ideas are more emotional and fluffy and peaceful, rather than intellectual. For me, ideas on e come with an acceptance and embrae of reality. coming up with ideas of being a better person, as opposed to creating a better world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 well...I need motivation (necessity is the mother of invention)... And I work REALLY well when I'm with certain people, I don't know how to explain it, but theres certain types of people that theres just a synergistic effect with. Theres like a mode I go into, where everything just flows, and it really works with certain people.Also, I need music usually when i'm alone... Music clears my head of all the noise, and there are times where I won't even hear the music, just a clear thought process... I sit around sometimes with music REDICULOUSLY loud, not moving, completely engulfed in thought... not hearing the music, not concious of whats around me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mist Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Originally posted by joeg Also, I need music usually when i'm alone... Music clears my head of all the noise, and there are times where I won't even hear the music, just a clear thought process... I sit around sometimes with music REDICULOUSLY loud, not moving, completely engulfed in thought... not hearing the music, not concious of whats around me... I feel that way in a club. hear the but not really hear it, not aware of anything but the inner self. thoughts flow in unison with the rythm of the music, and my mind flies so far away that I forget where I am and who I am and become one with the reality of the lights of the smoke of the rythm. percieve all that's around me, yet am not aware of anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenfoxxy Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I'm most creative in class. You should the extent of these doodles and fabulous ideas for clubs and parties and fashion that I come up with when I just can't stare at the clock anymore. I have come up with some excellent architecture as well... I'll draw whole towns, colleges, whatever, and it makes the professor go away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teknojunkee Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I am Most Creative at around 3 - 4am. I noticed that is when i can actually concentrate on making songs and not drift away into another thought. Put on the headphones, think of what you want the track to sound like, and just go. (Example) Worked on a song last night, started at 3am went to bed at 7am. I come up with really messed up tracks after a night of clubbin and drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackorn Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 Originally posted by shugabooga i used to come up with some crazy ideas at twilo........While sitting next to me on the corner bleachers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chula22 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 WHEN IM FREAKIN PISSED THE HELL OFF! . Or When Im utterly Deppressed! Either of the two usually mean good creative thoughts. Poetry and design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehacker Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 pretty much always at 2/3/4am when i'm supposed to be asleep.i hope to make $, freelance.it'd rock to define my own hours.i can build a website for 13-15 hours at a stretch sometimes,and more often than not prefer to do it huge chunks like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementx Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 The answer to that would have to be while I am sleeping...But wait... On a serious note. I am most creative when I am depressed... I open my mind more to other things when I am depressed. And with that I kinda block out what is depressing me...Peace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by mist I feel that way in a club. hear the but not really hear it, not aware of anything but the inner self. thoughts flow in unison with the rythm of the music, and my mind flies so far away that I forget where I am and who I am and become one with the reality of the lights of the smoke of the rythm. percieve all that's around me, yet am not aware of anything. well said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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