In an article in Scientific American’s latest issue, Julia Cambell (author of The Artists Way) took part in a discussion about unleashing your creativity. She mentioned the morning pages technique, which I had forgotten about.

In a nutshell, morning pages are simply taking a sheet of paper (or a blank text file, as I’ve done) and you write about anything you want. There are no restrictions, no first drafts, no editing. It’s just you and your true thoughts on paper. This is a way of getting out negative emotions, and negative self-talk, and it’s supposed to help you open your mind to new ideas.

I started doing them a few days ago. I can honestly say that it’s helped. I’m not sure if I’ve generated new ideas yet, but getting out those emotions really help. So, even if it doesn’t help unleash your creativity, it’s still something that more people should do.