How Yoga destroys creativity: Niemann on working with ideas

Great little diagram from an excellent talk by Christoph Niemann. He’s showing an honest accounting of how his day as a designer/illustrator gets divided – note the time spent second guessing himself.

And this one about what creative work feels like:

The talk is very funny – mostly because he makes great observations about creative work most people are afraid to talk about (including how Yoga will destroy your design career, at 9:30):

via 2011/04 Christoph Niemann on Vimeo.

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7 Comments » | Posted Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 9:45 am in creative thinking

7 thoughts on “How Yoga destroys creativity: Niemann on working with ideas”

Jean - October 9, 2011 at 3:17 am #

Dear Scott, love your post and content. Congrats.
Just one question.. I’m wondering about the tools used to make these kind of handdrawing diagrams…
Regards, J.

Lil van den Heuvel - September 24, 2011 at 9:17 am #

Loved the video – forwarded it on to my son (the musician) as I know he will appreciate the bit on “talent” especially. Thanks!

Liza - September 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm #

The audio is bad, I don’t think the mic is turned on at all. Would have loved to listen the whole session but it took more energy just deciphering what he was saying. Thanks for posting though.

Scott Berkun - September 21, 2011 at 3:05 pm #
Works fine for me – I think it might be your end.
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Stephen Lead - September 22, 2011 at 4:54 am #
nope, the audio quality is pretty lousy for me, too.

It was quite surprising/disappointing to see the terrible quality of the recording, given the super-high-quality intro.
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Jean - October 9, 2011 at 3:17 am #
Dear Scott, love your post and content. Congrats.
Just one question.. I’m wondering about the tools used to make these kind of handdrawing diagrams…
Regards, J.

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Lil van den Heuvel - September 24, 2011 at 9:17 am #
Loved the video – forwarded it on to my son (the musician) as I know he will appreciate the bit on “talent” especially. Thanks!

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Liza - September 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm #
The audio is bad, I don’t think the mic is turned on at all. Would have loved to listen the whole session but it took more energy just deciphering what he was saying. Thanks for posting though.