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Left-Brain Gumbo with Tom McCranie
In Right Brain…Write On!, Bill Downey says that, and I paraphrase, in our current society the left brain is the dominant side and a writer must struggle to get into the right side. That’s for most of us, of course. There are some who seem to be in the right side of the brain most of the time. Those are the ones you want as passenger, not driver, in a car.
To help me make the switch, I’ve found daydreaming a great assist. Fortunately, left-brain administrators love to hold meetings—meetings that gave me a lot of time to daydream. Bill Downey suggests going for 24-hours without talking to or listening to anyone other than yourself. Back to back Monday morning group- and department-staff meetings work just about as well.
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Daydreaming. Napping. It's all about slipping from one side to the other. I wonder if we sleep on our left sides more, if the right side would dribble down like frosting over the left during the night. I'm going to try it tonight.
Thank you for your comment, Amy Wallen. I am curious, how did your experiment go?
I am inclined to sleep on my right side, but have tried to sleep on my left side. I have not noticed any difference in my creativity after I woke; it just took longer to get to sleep and I usually woke on my right.
Tom