Wisdom and Insights from Donald M. Rattner

Creativity booster: Hang artwork in your home and workspace

Creativity booster: Hang artwork in your home and workspace

By: Donald M. Rattner

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WHY DO IT
Viewing works of art and craft can stimulate creativity by encouraging openness to new experiences and learning; promoting risk-taking; increasing pleasure, advancing health, and reducing stress; facilitating mind-wandering; and inducing saccadic eye movement, which strengthens neural connections between the brain hemispheres.

DESIGN TIP: MIX IT UP
Creative thinking eschews fixity of mind. Consider mixing up your pieces—and your thoughts—by occasionally swapping them out, acquiring electronic frames or monitors to project assorted images or video, using easily changed mounting systems, such as magnetics, or simply moving items around. You might be surprised how differently you’ll look at a work of art depending on its freshness, location, and adjacency to other pieces.

CONTENT TIP: KEEP IT POSITIVE
Strive for positive affect. Mood arousal is a powerful engine of creativity. Be sure you derive happiness from what you collect. Work that raises stress levels or causes emotional distress could have an unintentionally negative effect on out-of-the-box thinking.

Image credit: Photography studio of Nicholas Yarsley. Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Architecture, interior design, and photography by Nicholas Yarsley.

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Wisdom and Insights from Donald M. Rattner

Donald M. Rattner

Architect Donald M. Rattner helps individuals and organizations become more innovative by applying scientific research to the design of physical space. His most recent book is "My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques," which has won six awards and been ranked an Amazon bestseller.

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