Kathryn Vercillo on Science of Creativity

“Watching” really repetitive formulaic tv (law and order, reality relationship shows) helps me get into some weird mental state that sounds a lot like this. I don’t exactly watch - just have it on and sort of know what’s going on. Often I am simultaneously crocheting or playing a dumb repetitive phone game. I feel like my answer sounds weird or wrong. In the past I had a lot of shame or resistance around how much “bad tv” I “watch”. And definitely sometimes I have to turn it off completely to tune into my own mind. But there’s this sweet spot where it actually really helps me get into a state that fosters my own creativity rather than interrupts it.