Comments on: Hypnosis and Creativity (Creative Review) http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/ coaching creative professionals Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:16:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark McGuinness http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-171561 Mark McGuinness Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:35:18 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-171561 Thanks Cal, all the best on your hypnotic journeys. Thanks Cal, all the best on your hypnotic journeys.

]]> By: Cal Banyan http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-161922 Cal Banyan Wed, 14 May 2008 00:21:14 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-161922 Hi Mark - I like using hypnotic age regression and age progression to improve creativity. I use age regression to release blockages and age progression to create an expectation of being more creative. Great blog! Cal Banyan Hi Mark - I like using hypnotic age regression and age progression to improve creativity. I use age regression to release blockages and age progression to create an expectation of being more creative.

Great blog!
Cal Banyan

]]> By: Mark McGuinness http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-151739 Mark McGuinness Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:54 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-151739 Andrew - yes, just like happiness... Andrew - yes, just like happiness…

]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-151357 Andrew Johnson Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:08:58 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-151357 I too like the concept of flow. The poor thing is that when you are in the flow and notice it, your suddenly not there anymore. I too like the concept of flow. The poor thing is that when you are in the flow and notice it, your suddenly not there anymore.

]]> By: Mark McGuinness http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-21485 Mark McGuinness Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:34:24 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-21485 Hi Rodger, Do you mean can hypnosis and lucid dreaming work together? I guess it depends on what you mean by 'working' :-) I've tried both and found them both interesting. Hypnosis was helpful for all sorts of things, although I don't use it so much these days. I don't think lucid dreaming helped me solve any problems, but I wasn't really trying it for that, I just wanted to see what it was like. Does that answer your question? Hi Rodger,

Do you mean can hypnosis and lucid dreaming work together? I guess it depends on what you mean by ‘working’ :-)

I’ve tried both and found them both interesting. Hypnosis was helpful for all sorts of things, although I don’t use it so much these days. I don’t think lucid dreaming helped me solve any problems, but I wasn’t really trying it for that, I just wanted to see what it was like.

Does that answer your question?

]]> By: Rodger Cresswell http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-21260 Rodger Cresswell Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:08:19 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-21260 Hi Mark I recently started to listen to a hypnosis CD that includes Lucid Dreams, designed to guide you to find solutions to any problems through your dreams. Although I cannot yet say I am solving problems through dreams, I can say I am having more vivid dreams. You are writing about "being absorbed and creative work". Can the two methods work together or am I jumping to conclusions? Hi Mark
I recently started to listen to a hypnosis CD that includes Lucid Dreams, designed to guide you to find solutions to any problems through your dreams.
Although I cannot yet say I am solving problems through dreams, I can say I am having more vivid dreams.
You are writing about “being absorbed and creative work”.
Can the two methods work together or am I jumping to conclusions?

]]> By: Mark McGuinness http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-26 Mark McGuinness Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:41:52 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-26 Thanks Antonio. Yes I'm trained in NLP so that was a big influence on the article, NLP was partly modelled on the hypnotherapist Milton Erickson. Yes there are definitely external factors involved. I remember working in one company where I set the group the task of finding the 'second right answer' to a problem (an idea I got from Roger von Oech) and they said it was very difficult and uncomfortable for them to do because they were always under pressure to find 'the right answer'. Not a very creative environment! So organisational values have a big influence. And the influence of management is crucial. A manager with great leadership and coaching skills can inspire and support people to go beyond their previous limits. And a poor people manager can kill whatever creativity an individual or team once had. These days I tend to focus on creativity in terms of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of 'flow' rather than 'trance' - I'll pe posting soon on how coaching creates creative flow. As for tortured artists - I find most artists are tortured when they are NOT creating. But I wouldn't want Leonard any other way! Thanks Antonio. Yes I’m trained in NLP so that was a big influence on the article, NLP was partly modelled on the hypnotherapist Milton Erickson.

Yes there are definitely external factors involved. I remember working in one company where I set the group the task of finding the ’second right answer’ to a problem (an idea I got from Roger von Oech) and they said it was very difficult and uncomfortable for them to do because they were always under pressure to find ‘the right answer’. Not a very creative environment! So organisational values have a big influence.

And the influence of management is crucial. A manager with great leadership and coaching skills can inspire and support people to go beyond their previous limits. And a poor people manager can kill whatever creativity an individual or team once had. These days I tend to focus on creativity in terms of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of ‘flow’ rather than ‘trance’ - I’ll pe posting soon on how coaching creates creative flow.

As for tortured artists - I find most artists are tortured when they are NOT creating. But I wouldn’t want Leonard any other way!

]]> By: AntonioGould http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-23 AntonioGould Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:36:43 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2006/04/12/hypnosis-and-creativity/#comment-23 Great article Mark. I've just been reading a bit about NLP and it's striking how similar some of the techniques are to what you're describing - especially the idea of identifying states which are useful and training oneself in how to achieve those states easily and quickly whenever necessary. What I'm also interested to know is whether you feel that there are other exernal factors involved in making it either easier or more difficult to achieve those states. For example can feelings of stress, hunger or happiness make a difference? The idea of a tortured artist is a prevalent one but I find myself much more creative when I'm feeling positive rather than when I'm not. Then again I'm not Leonard Cohen! Great article Mark.

I’ve just been reading a bit about NLP and it’s striking how similar some of the techniques are to what you’re describing - especially the idea of identifying states which are useful and training oneself in how to achieve those states easily and quickly whenever necessary.

What I’m also interested to know is whether you feel that there are other exernal factors involved in making it either easier or more difficult to achieve those states. For example can feelings of stress, hunger or happiness make a difference? The idea of a tortured artist is a prevalent one but I find myself much more creative when I’m feeling positive rather than when I’m not. Then again I’m not Leonard Cohen!

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