Brain Shortcuts
Have you ever wondered why your drawing(s) looks like a child’s scribble? Or why someone never seems to understand what you say to them?
Have a watch of this YouTube video from Salem Shanouha (you don’t need to watch the entire video. Just from the 24:45 mark to the 35:45 mark.):
Hopefully after watching the video, lightbulbs start going off in your head.
For me, I started to make sense of a lot of the interactions that previously made no sense to me.
I shared an article with someone and they read the first sentence of the preview blurb and jumped to a conclusion and started speaking like they were an expert on the topic.
I asked a lady the other day what she was going to draw sketches of. She replied: she would not be selling the sketches for cheap. But at a reasonable price.
Obviously, there’re other factors in play and I am not saying these individuals have not developed their cognitive abilities.
But to highlight that the brain shortcuts affects more than just our drawing capabilities, it also affects our ability to read, listen - everything.
Knowing that our brains love to take shortcuts just like how we, ourselves in general, love taking shortcuts. We can make better sense of these seemingly strange human behaviours we encounter.
More importantly, with this new awareness, we are better armed to prevent ourselves from falling into its trap. And have a significantly higher chance of improving our creative skills.
I recommend watching the next 7 minutes of the video where Salem provides strategies to “shut off the left brain”.