3. What's it like in your brain when you get creative?

Headtime Stories with Mikli: What’s it Like in Your Brain?

Ever get a million and one creative ideas in the shower, then as soon as you sit in front of your computer...... *crickets*?

In this episode of Headtime Stories, we pick apart what goes on during the creative process: the flow, the blocks, the venus flytraps. — With special guest: Mon San Sebastian (and Mother Nature! Actual crickets)!

Join us as we explore:

• If your creativity were a creature, what would it look like? — On venus flytraps and making sure you don't go hungry (0:32)
• What is creativity to you? — Maybe she’s born with it, maybe she just does it (2:50)
• How does creativity look like to you outside artistic fields? — On connecting the dots (4:56)
• Let's play a game [of connect-the-two-unrelated-concepts]! — Dogs, water, and harm reduction; motorcycles, towels, and bidets (5:46)
• What does your creative process look like? — On leaving room for uncertainty (12:16)
• What does it look like in your brain when you're in the middle of a creative flow? — On the flow state and putting the hyper in hyperfocus (15:54)
• How do you handle creative blocks? — On piranha plants, quick capture, and designing for how your brain works (19:25)
• What advice would you give your younger self about creativity? — On failure (23:53)

This episode is perfect for:

• Artists, musicians, writers, and anyone interested in the creative process.
• People who want to learn how to cultivate their own creativity.
• Those who enjoy insightful conversations and relatable stories.

Keywords: creativity, creative process, creative blocks, inspiration, flow state, thought processes, human behavior, storytelling, humor