The best way to work is to treat it like play

Function: The BIS is responsible for sensitivity to punishment, non-reward, and novel situations. It regulates avoidance behavior.
Emotional Responses: It is associated with feelings of anxiety, fear, and apprehension. When activated, it can lead to cautious or inhibited behavior.
Neurobiological Basis: The BIS is thought to involve brain regions such as the hippocampus and amygdala, which are associated with processing risk and fear.

“He did this to amuse people. To amuse himself. He played all the time, like a child. When Matisse and Picasso said, ‘Draw like a child, they meant use your whole mastery in simplicity. What they meant was to be pure in all of your work. In Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, which is a very great book, one of the characters is a boy who sweeps the floor, a menial job, but how does he do it? He plays. That is how he enjoys it. He does it with his entire being. There is no other way to do anything.

Hedda Sterne by way of Zettelkasten/People/Austin Kleon (as usual).

This reminds me of something Alan Watts once said about doing the dishes. You get into the “groove” of it. And that’s basically all of life.

Big question - How to express myself creatively without overexerting effort?

Powerful Question: What if your work was play?

The best way to work is to treat it like play

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