12 Good entertainment powers imagination
Our imagination is a crucial asset to either enhance or block our creativity. This works because our imagination is what creates images in our minds depicting either positive or negative thoughts, ideas, notions, concepts, memories, experiences and such. The entertainment that we engage in will directly influence how positive or negative our imaginations will be influenced. Because of this relationship, I have found that some forms of entertainment will suppress our creative abilities and some will enhance them. But I am also sure that this may be different for each of us, i.e. what forms of entertainment enhances one person’s creativity may be very different for another person. The trick is to figure out what kinds of entertainment enhances your creativity and what suppresses it.
The following types of entertainment inspire my creativity:
- Listening to popular classical music.
- Reading novels or viewing movies about stories of protagonists overcoming challenging obstacles.
- Reading or viewing documentaries about inspiring stories of overcoming challenges.
- Viewing TED Talks — presentations about great ideas and/or innovations.
- Playing games that present…
