Time on the Toilet
(where I've written any number of juicy poems!)
https://lithub.com/a-room-without-a-view-how-to-create-space-and-time-for-creativity-on-the-toilet
#creativity
https://www.bitchute.com/video/8V9TASJeztZ9/
#AMANDHA_VOLLMER | THE YUM #NATURAL #DOCTOR: #NATUROPATHY, RIGHT ACTION, & HARNESSING #CREATIVITY
I’m busy learning Unreal Engine 5 by making my very own virtual island
Unreal Engine 5 is both easy and very challenging. It is easy in that most of what you want to do is all menus, settings, layers, and selecting from some amazing 3rd party textures, materials, etc.
The challenging part comes in actually understanding what you are doing. There are literally tons of settings (I mean countless) and the power really comes once you get to understand about 15% of that. I’m still on around 2 or 3%, but I do have a basic island with a landscape, a lake and a river (sort of). As you keep busy with it, you realise there are better ways to do most things. So beyond 15% knowledge, and you start to do things quicker and better.
Apart from just creating islands and any other landscape or structure you can think of, there is 1st or 3rd person gaming views, cinematic and animation, VR, and lost more. It makes Lego look like kids play.
I’m also doing it on Linux, so there are some minor challenges. The main UE5 Editor is now native Linux binaries, as well as the Quixel Bridge add-on. But I’m having massive issues with Epic Games sign-ins and their hCaptcha checks (clearly, I’m not human, yet I solve the identical hCaptcha on other sites this same week!). So, for two plus days I’ve been getting failed login. Funny thing is I was logged in a few days back, but I’m not the only one, it seems, with this issue. So, this is impacting my progress a bit.
The plan is to finish my photorealistic island and then to spend time walking around it, and maybe build it into an Android app or desktop app for some others to enjoy too. And of course, I can keep improving this island.
So, if you’re looking for a 2023 challenge still, Unreal Engine could well be it! It’s free to use but does require a bit of GPU processor and RAM.
#Blog, #creativity, #gaming, #technology, #UE5, #virtualworld
Mental health and cannabis - good chat - curious about cannabis
Cannabis, Mental Health, Consciousness Research, Neurodivergence with Miyabe Shields PhD
very glad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNH0whizEtw got re-uploaded with the sound corrected.
#cannabis #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #people
#research #moreresearch #needmoreresearch #dontneedmoreresearch
#wellbeing #health #suicideideation #anxiety #depression
#science #dsm #pharmaceuticals #sideeffects #psychiatry
#goodchat #goodrants #goodstimming #carboxylgroup n_n
#life #society #capitalism #categories #masking #copingmechanisms
#tribe #connection #neurodivergentcommunity #honesty
#conversation #depth #shallow #superficial #pleasantries #realtalk
#abstract #curiosity #iloveit #fringe #taboo #outofthebox
#emotionalconnection #creativity #music #study #unquantifiable
#bullying #preinternetbullying #anonymity #pseudonymity
#stress #emotions #dissociation #feel #presence #feeling
#think #psyche #intuitive #stereotype #counterintuitive
#evolveouropinion #selfinventory #selfreflect #introspect
#mindfully #mindfullness #dynamic #childhoodmemories
#formativeyears #behavior #identity #subconscious #brain
#unconscious #association #prejudice #ptsd #forget
#beinthemoment #thepowerofnow #teaching #education
#learnedadaption #learnedbehaviour #compensating
#perception #honest #healing #familiarise #unknown #fear
#importantconversations #logicalconsistency #integrity
#insightful #ireallylovecannabis #cannabissavedmylife
#alovingandgivingplant #alivingplant #cultivation #learn
#beautifulplant #prettyplant #coevolved #neverforgetthefirsttime
#funplanttogrow #healingplant #sogiving #sograteful
#sharing #personaljourney #beingmoreopen #share
#religious #kinship #theherb #community #closeness
#aspiescientists #hermit #comingout #activetherapy
#consciousness #consciousnessresearch
#curiousaboutcannabis
#MiyabeShieldsPhD
[2023-04- 5 16:49:30] <@Digit> i see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNH0whizEtw has been re-uploaded. ... hopefully without the sound completely de-syncing between both halves of the conversation, like the prior upload's painful comedic fail.
[2023-04- 5 16:49:31] ^ ► YouTube :: Cannabis, Mental Health, Consciousness Research, Neurodivergence with Miyabe Shields PhD | BTS 87 :: Duration: 01:40:15 :: Views: 23 :: Uploader: Curious About Cannabis :: Uploaded: 2023-04-04 :: 5 likes
looking forward to part two too. :)
Jordan Peterson's thoughts on ADHD. If we live in a society that is not normal or healthy, should we use drugs to make children adept to it, or should we change schools to allow for more playful exploration, creativity and physicality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeRh7l2zZnk
#adhd #schools #creativity #morality #drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuRMYAqP9Lo
re-ignite the seeking system :)
train down the risk aversion
#learn #youth #anyagelearning #longevity #reyounging #seekingsystem #rejuvination #reviving #yearsyoung #learning #lifelonglearning #learnyourselfyoung #rambling #hemisphericcoherence #blackandwhitethinking #divergentthinking #shadesofgrey #empathy #wisdom #cognition #cognitivesuperpowers #healing #health #duncantrussell #stevenkotler #training #riskaversion #stress #chronicstress #trauma #creativity #selfforgiveness #forgiveness #goodstuff #biology #evolutionarybiology #fear #fightflightfreeze #rut #flow #friendfunfrolic #inspiration #allow #be #cannabis #obiwankenobi #neurochemistry #riskaversion #aging #inflamation #skiing #hypervigilance #gnarly #highrisk #grittymindset #gooutside #touchgrass #unplug #dopamineaddiction #divorceyourphone #goreal #snowboarding #curiosity #life
#wecanstillmendthis
#mendwards #mending #alreadymendednow #nothingtomend
( and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jynTBo3nHoA also speaks a little to health at age and not losing it. )
A quotation from Wheatley, Meg
We can’t be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what’s new.
Margaret J. "Meg" Wheatley (b. 1944) American writer, teacher, speaker, management consultant
Turning to One Another, “Willing to Be Disturbed” (2002)
#quote #quotes #quotation #change #confusion #creativity #innovation #uncertainty
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/wheatley-meg/58564/
Writing is difficult when you dip your quill in your own personal inkpot.
https://notesandsilence.com/2020/01/04/in-the-inkwell-of-the-self
#writing #creativity #meditation #mindfulness #silence #zen #silence #peace
“Playing with thoughts is also emoting. It is not very different from writing a lyric or composing music. It is song-writing and melody-making. Voice is just an instrument after that.” #Music #Art #Creativity #Nepal #SouthAsia https://www.nepalitimes.com/opinion/notes-from-a-musician/
Why society hates creative people. Well, society doesn't hate creative people so much as ignore them. With the exception of a tiny percentage of superstars, whose creativity is celebrated. Since there is no objective way to evaluate creative works, people judge the quality of works by how much money it makes, and how popular it is -- how many people have heard about it. In business, however, when businesses hire creative people for design work, their highest priority is predictability/reducing risk. Many businesses profess commitment to "innovation" but it's not really true. Most truly groundbreaking creative work is done by people with "nothing to lose" -- people who are "outsiders" relative to the "successful" people of their field at the time. Ironically once these people become successful, they often become less creative, resorting to incremental improvements to the "winning formula" that they discovered.
In the "and what to do about it" part of the video, he (John Mauriello) suggests techniques to help you focus on and continue to improve your creative craft irrespective of whether any of your results make money or not. Studies have shown that focusing on money actually reduces creativity. It's helpful for designers to have side projects where they can get feedback from friends or other designers and not have the pressure of money or popularity involved.
Why society hates creative people (and what to do about it) - Design Theory