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Creative Problem-Solving: Following Your Stream of Consciousness

 
Author: Patti Prague
 

< P > H a v i n g t r o u b l e f i n d i n g a s o l u t i o n t o a n a g g i n g p r o b l e m ? T r y a w e l l - k n o w n j o u r n a l i n g t e c h n i q u e c a l l e d s t r e a m o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s - - y o u m a y b e s u r p r i s e d a t t h e c r e a t i v e m e s s a g e s y o u r e c e i v e f r o m y o u r i n n e r s e l f . < / P > < P > T a k e t h e c a s e o f S h a n a , a n o n l i n e j o u r n a l e r w h o h a d a p r o b l e m a t i c r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h a c o - w o r k e r . W h e n S h a n a a l l o w e d h e r s e l f t h e ? s c a r y ? e x p e r i e n c e o f s t r e a m o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s j o u r n a l i n g , s h e q u i c k l y r e a l i z e d h e r i n t e n s e l y e m o t i o n a l r e a c t i o n t o t h e c o - w o r k e r w a s , i n f a c t , r e l a t e d t o a s i m i l a r s i t u a t i o n w i t h a n e x - s p o u s e . I n b o t h s i t u a t i o n s S h a n a f e l t l i k e a d o o r m a t - - b u t u n t i l h e r j o u r n a l i n g , s h e d i d n ? t r e a l i z e t h e t w o w e r e c o n n e c t e d . < / P > < P > S t r e a m o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s i s a s t y l e o f w r i t i n g t h a t i s u n i n t e r r u p t e d , u n e d i t e d , a n d u n s t r u c t u r e d . T y p i c a l l y , a j o u r n a l e r a p p r o a c h e s t h e b l a n k p a g e w i t h o u t i n t e n t i o n - - t h e n s i m p l y w a i t s f o r s o m e t h i n g t o c o m e . H o w e v e r , w h e n u s e d a s a p r o b l e m - s o l v i n g t e c h n i q u e , a p p r o a c h y o u r j o u r n a l i n g w i t h a s p e c i f i c i n t e n t i o n , k n o w i n g t h a t w h a t e v e r c o m e s o u t o f y o u r s u b c o n s c i o u s w i l l c o n t a i n c l u e s t o a s o l u t i o n . < / P > < P > O n c e y o u b e g i n w r i t i n g , d o n ? t t r y t o m a k e s e n s e o f i t ? j u s t k e e p w r i t i n g , i g n o r i n g a n y q u e s t i o n s o r c o m m e n t s c o m i n g f r o m y o u r m i n d . R e m e m b e r , t h i s i s n ? t a m e n t a l o r l i t e r a r y e x e r c i s e , b u t r a t h e r a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o g i v e v o i c e t o t h e i n n e r y o u . N o m a t t e r h o w s i l l y t h e w o r d s s e e m , j u s t k e e p i n g w r i t i n g . D o n ? t w o r r y a b o u t s p e l l i n g , p u n c t u a t i o n o r g r a m m a r . S e t a 1 0 m i n u t e t i m e r a n d w r i t e u n t i l t h e 1 0 m i n u t e s a r e u p . I f y o u r m i n d g o e s b l a n k , j u s t w r i t e s o m e t h i n g l i k e , m y m i n d i s b l a n k , m y m i n d i s b l a n k , a n d k e e p w r i t i n g u n t i l s o m e t h i n g e l s e c o m e s i n t o y o u r c o n s c i o u s n e s s . < / P > < P > W o n d e r w h a t a n o t h e r j o u r n a l e r ? s s t r e a m o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s w r i t i n g l o o k s l i k e ? T h i s i s a s a m p l e f r o m a w r i t e r d e a l i n g w i t h g u i l t o v e r i n f i d e l i t y i n a r e l a t i o n s h i p : < / P > < P > b r o c c o l i , s t i n g b e a n s , r a g e , r i v e r s , r o c k e t s , t a k e m e t o t h e e n d o f t h e w o r l d a n d d r o p m e o f f t h e e d g e , o h c o l u m b u s o f m i n e w i t h b l u e b e r r i e s i n y o u r h a i r a n d a p p l e s i n y o u r e y e s . c h e e k s o f r o s y r e d i a m i a m i a m i a m i a m . s k y r o c k e t s , f u s e s , s h o r t f u s e s b u r n i n g t i l t h e y c a n ? t b e s t o p p e d , r a c i n g m a d l y t h r o u g h s p a c e t r y i n g t o c a t c h u p w i t h y o u r s e l f . g e t o f f t h e d a m n e d t r a i n . r i b b o n s w r a p p e d t h r o u g h o u t m y w h i t e m a t t e r , r e d , b l u e , g r e e n a n d y e l l o w , t r a i l i n g s a d n e s s a n d m a d n e s s a n d g e t e v e n n e s s . h e a r t s a b r e a k i n , h e a d s a b r e a k i n g , h e a r t s o p e n a n d a r r o w s l e a k i n g b l o o d y m a s s y o u a r e . o r a n g e i s t h e c o l o r o f m y t r u e l o v e ? s c o u r a g e , b l a c k i s t h e c o l o r o f m y l o y a l t y a n d f i d e l i t y . p u l l t h e a r r o w s o u t w i t h o u t l e a v i n g a s c a r , c a n y o u ? b e a r s w a t c h o v e r u s a s w e s a i l t h r o u g h d r a g o n - f i l l e d d e s e r t s , p y r a m i d s o f s h i m m e r i n g g r e e n a n d g o l d a n d m a l a c h i t e , c r y s t a l b a l l s g u a r d t h e e n t r y . < / P > < P > A l t h o u g h t h i s m a y s o u n d l i k e g i b b e r i s h t o y o u , t o t h e j o u r n a l e r , i t c o n t a i n e d s e v e r a l c l u e s a b o u t t h e d e p t h o f h e r g u i l t , a s w e l l a s i n s i g h t i n t o w h a t b r o u g h t a b o u t t h e i n f i d e l i t y . L i k e d r e a m s , t h e s y m b o l s i n a s t r e a m o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s j o u r n a l s e s s i o n , a r e o f t e n b e s t i n t e r p r e t e d b y t h e d r e a m e r h i m s e l f . < / P > < P > I f y o u ? v e n e v e r d o n e s t r e a m o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s j o u r n a l i n g , d o n ? t b e a f r a i d t o e x p e r i m e n t w i t h d i f f e r e n t a p p r o a c h e s . F o r e x a m p l e , p i c k a t o p i c - - a n y t o p i c - - a n d w r i t i n g e v e r y t h i n g y o u c a n t h i n k a b o u t i t . L i k e f i s h i n g , o r b i c y c l e s , o r c a t s , o r f a n s , o r c a n y o n s . F r e q u e n t l y , w h e n w r i t i n g a b o u t a s e e m i n g l y ? r a n d o m ? t o p i c , i n s i g h t - - t h o s e a h - h a m o m e n t s ? w i l l a p p e a r t h a t a c t u a l l y s o l v e a p r o b l e m y o u w e r e n ? t e v e n t h i n k i n g a b o u t . < / P > < P > C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 4 P a t t i P r a g u e < B R > J o u r n a l G e n i e , T h e W e b s i t e T h a t T a l k s B a c k < B R > < A h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . j o u r n a l g e n i e . c o m " t a r g e t = _ n e w > h t t p : / / w w w . j o u r n a l g e n i e . c o m < / A > < / P > < P > Y o u h a v e p e r m i s s i o n t o p u b l i s h t h i s a r t i c l e e l e c t r o n i c a l l y o r i n p r i n t , f r e e o f c h a r g e , a s l o n g a s t h e b y l i n e s a r e i n c l u d e d a n d t h e r e s o u r c e b o x i s l e f t u n c h a n g e d . A c o u r t e s y c o p y o f y o u r p u b l i c a t i o n w o u l d b e a p p r e c i a t e d . < / P >

 
 
 

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