The Shower is The Birthplace of Creativity
Creative ideas don’t always strike when we summon them. They often come when you least expect them.
The showering of lukewarm water on the naked body has turned out to be a creativity trigger for humans.
I think that the thought of bathing after a day-long hard work may have been a very relaxing opportunity for Neanderthals. Perhaps in such a moment of solitude, he would have thought of use of fire for cooking food or about the use of wheel.
Bathing still serves as magic to well-evolved homo sapiens. But it requires inattentiveness.
Psychologists think of an alert mind as an uncreative mind.
72% People Experience Shower Magic
During a consumer survey in 2015, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman found that 72% of people have encountered new ideas in the shower.
And 14 percent of people take showers for generating creative insights. German sanitary fittings manufacturer Hansgrohe had commissioned it. Deputy CEO of the company, Richard Grohe summed up the findings of the survey in these words, “the sensation of the water’s spray combined with the tranquillity of the showering ritual may help free the brain and stimulate fresh…
