Mind, Performance, Creativity, Attention

July 30th, 2006 Fred McVittie Posted in Creativity, Energy, Metaphor, Mind, Neuroscience, Performance, Theatre |

There is a high level of correlation between the following phenomena and concepts:

• experienced states of mind
• brainwave patterns
• use of attentional resources (energy)
• phases in creative processes
• phases in the performance of a task (including theatrical or art tasks)

These correlations suggest the functioning of a common process which, in all likelihood, in partly material and partly metaphorical. A greater awareness of this process should allow for the development of techniques for greater control over the process, and a consequent enhancement or optimisation of the performance of a range of tasks (including theatrical tasks) and enhanced creativity.