Pancakes for Breakfast... and Creativity!
I like pancakes for breakfast!
Not only do I like pancakes — and making pancakes — but what I like about pancakes is that the time I spend making them is usually some of my most creative thinking time.
I call it "Pancake Creativity."
If you're a longer-term writer/blogger or other creative, you're probably familiar with the strange reality that when you deliberately sit down and try to create something it can be a lot harder to get into the proverbial "flow" than when you're in the middle of doing something completely unrelated.
The thing that happens when we work on something creative... that's not the same creative thing we normally work on... is that our brain starts "free associating" and the result is often that the new ideas start flowing hard and fast.
For me, it has almost always been a synergistic relationship between cooking and writing.
I suppose pancakes work really well for me as a "platform" for writing because there's a "wait state" while I wait for the current cakes to cook and I can frantically scribble down my notes until it becomes time to flip the pancakes.
In making just enough pancakes for Mrs. Denmarkguy and myself for breakfast I actually managed to take a full four pages of handwritten notes... probably enough "backbone" material to write 6-7 blog posts or articles!
As a contrast, I am really not very successful at deliberately sitting down in front of the screen because "I need to write something." Sure, I can do it... because I have decades of practice... but the flow is not nearly as easy or as free.
Pancake Creativity! You should try it, sometime!
How about YOU? When are YOU at your most creative? Do you ever feel like all your BEST ideas come while you are doing something ELSE? As always, comments, feedback and other interaction is invited and welcomed! Because — after all — SOCIAL content is about interacting, right? Leave a comment-- share your experiences-- be part of the conversation!
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Created at 20201109 23:35 PST
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i like pancakes for lunch as well..haha
I tried making some baked pancakes like i can get from pizza place
https://www.dominos.com.au/menu-dessert/mini-dutch-pancakes-s00145
They turned out ok, but i think i need to deep fry them at the end of the cooking process
hope all is good with you
I pretty much like pancakes at all times... and we quite often resort to "breakfast for dinner" when we can't think of anything else to make.
I do love those round pancaky things! We have a special pan for them with the round holes to create that shape... cook them in a little bit of oil on the stovetop. Yum!
You make me to want some pancakes, actually breakfast is the best time, especially when you wake up in the morning with such a wonderful pancake smell from kitchen.Perhaps the best way to start a day.
It is funny to read that you have such inspiration moment while your pancakes are getting fried. On other hand I can imagine that it is difficult to sit down and write something like per order. Our brain needs freedom and stimulus. Agree the most productive days are when we are in a good mood :)
I think you're exactly right about our brains needing freedom to create... I have never been any good at "creativity to order." I might be able to do it, but it doesn't feel as natural and easy... and I'm seldom all that happy with the result.
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