OK yes: it’s hard to hear yourself think; writing is a great way to isolate and sharpen ideas. But so’s a long walk, conversation, etc. They all have their own effect, like an EQ on mental noise! Fun to think about steering those vibes. Partial catalog (reply with more!):
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Just being bored, sitting somewhere, can be comparatively quite generative: helpful thoughts might arise which would feel too off-topic to pursue otherwise! Or I might just end up with a more expansive mental state, to be deployed in one of the other methods.
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Sitting comfortably and pondering an idea (without much writing) is less directed than writing but more directed than many of the others; it’s easy to maintain threads, but maybe not for hours. Feels a little more distant from the problem than writing, which can be helpful.
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I like thinking about these methods like a growing deck of cards: I can shuffle them and deal randomly, or browse through for one that feels right at the moment, or look for combinations, etc. In that respect I’m very inspired by https://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-Lenses-Second/dp/0692288872 … (h/t
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