Rearrange For Inspiration
2009
Feng Shui Compass
Humans are strange creatures. We crave comfort, want to be around what we know yet at the same time, this kills our creativity. Let me explain.
Like many of you, I have a home office. The furniture has never stayed in the same place for more than a few months at a time before I decided to move it around. I find, that for me, it is time to rearrange when I have little to no creativity left. Just the act of moving and sitting in a different spot lets me see things from a new perspective.
Sometimes I arrange my furniture in such a way that is not good for my creativity at all. In my post, Benefits Of A Clean Workspace (A Personal Experience) « Aaron Hollman’s Blog, I not only talked about the benefits of a clean workspace, but also made mention of the fact I needed to rearrange my office. It was in an arrangement that was not suited to my creativity. I would sit for hours just staring at the screen not know what to write or to do. I have since changed things up a bit.
Things seem much clearer to me now. I can think a little clearer and can sit without just staring, wondering where my creativity went.
I hope this is helpful to some of you out there. I am aware that there are those out there who want and need a stable, static location for their creative juices to flow and that’s fine. I’m just telling you what works for me. If you find that your creativity is about drained, give it a try, you might be surprised. If you are unable to rearrange your whole office, try changing some pictures on the wall, moving some stuff around on your desk, anything you want.
aaron
