Walking!
This
just in from Stanford —
Walking
boosts creative inspiration!
Clever
researchers Marily Oppezzo and Daniel L. Schwartz examined the creative output
of folks who walked vs. folks who sat around.
They
found that a person’s creative output increases by an average of 60% when
walking.
What’s
more, the effect held up whether the subject was walking outside in a
stimulating environment or on a treadmill staring at a blank wall.
This
last finding was a big surprise to Oppezzo. "I thought walking outside
would blow everything out of the water, but walking on a treadmill in a small,
boring room still had strong results,” she said.
And
with increased creative output in the robust 60% range, you could say this
study has some serious legs!
But
writers already know this, don’t we?
In
fact, you could say we've known it for over a century…
“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to
move,
my thoughts begin to flow.”
― Henry
David Thoreau
“All truly great thoughts are conceived
while walking.”
―
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Nothing
like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.”
― J.K.
Rowling
Write
on!
PROMPT: Take
a ramble or stroll — see what is does for you.
But
be sure to pack a pen and a page or two!
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