YT recommended me this video and I found it revealing in the same way a truth is revealed to you when you rediscover a long forgotten favorite thing. So I thought I'd share it with you too.
Note: this text was crafter from an altered version of the comment I left on the video.
I saved it to watch for later because I'm currently having problems with doomscrolling. Now I've watched it and Idk what I was expecting but it certainly took me through a very different journey than what I thought it would be, and I'm actually glad!
I struggle with creativity a lot but because of very opposite reasons than what's exposed there. My brain clings to details and I get overloaded with information that, tbh, I don't really have trouble connecting. My problem is that no matter how interesting my thoughts may sound to those around me, I don't see it as my voice or my thoughts because (I think) I can't help but associate that what I'm saying is a sum of all the bits I consumed instead of acknowledging that I had a part in curating, reflecting and remixing that information through my own experiences, therefore creating a new thought nobody else could have produced in the same way.
This video reminded me of rhizomatic thinking (a concept developed by philosopher Gilles Deleuze and psychoanalist Félix Guattarí), in which they compare critical thinking processes to the way rhizomes bloom and interconnect in nature, creating complex webs or maps in which every node is a concept and every connection is a thought that gives meaning to it. Rhizomatic thinking is also a tool that allows you to visualize the created thought web by pinning down all those concepts and connecting them (akin to what's shown in the video), effectively mapping the thought process and producing a topographic photograph of that instance in your process, that allows you to interpellate each concept from different angles (if you look at concept A from the perspective of concept B, but then look at A from the perspective of concept C, the conclusions you make should be different, albeit they may dialogue and complement each other).
I'm not sure whether I'll start consuming stuff like this in my everyday life (I doubt it, since —like I said— I tend to get overloaded and overwhelmed with information and I need the escapism), but I certainly think I will be revisiting some inspiring stuff with this approach. I love my pen and paper and find it extremely useful for myself, especially if I can use transparent sheets to layer them.