Mindwandering by Moshe Bar
Mindwandering: how it can improve your mood and boost your creativity!
Neuroscientist, Moshe Bar delivers the latest in research on the mind and how and why it wanders. Bar shares his research and personal experience to enlighten the reader on our different states of mind and how and when to use them. It began in 2016 with his New York Times article “Think less, think better” which garnered a lot of interest on the topic of creative incubation.
The information is vast and interesting but a condensed overview includes; how to learn from imagined experiences, how to have the right state of mind for the right circumstance, the importance of immersion and incorporating meditation into our lives, and how to wander broadly, far and fast with ease.
“The most creative and uplifting mindandering requires that we will have no demanding task to accomplish, coupled with a positive mood.”
How much of our lives is overlooked because our mind is cluttered? Bar imparts great insight into the working of our mind and how to better direct our thinking to elevate mood and invite in creativity.
I’m a devoted daydreamer and find a lot of benefit in my own creative incubation phases from allowing long sessions of mindwandering. Bar’s work has given this inclination of mine far more structure and deeper understanding to enhance the experience. It disambiguates the process of mindwandering and shows us how to take that mental chatter and make it meaningful.
“Mindwandering, with all the benefits that if confers, is not enough for us; we need an external world, and we need it to be meaningful.”
An exceptional read if you are wanting to understand the mind and how to harness your creativity and curiosity!
Big love,
Rachel x
