Sleep When It Comes To The Creative Mind
Photo Credit: Angie Wang It is seen through many great artists, inventors, entertainers, and philosophers that sleep comes off as almost a prominent antagonist to them. With insomniacs like edison or aggressive sleepers like mathematician Abraham De Moivre there seems to be an almost an oxymoronic inconsistent pattern within the great creatives sleep cycles throughout hi story. Which begs the question: Where does sleep com e into play when it comes to creativity? And the answer is not a concrete one, but more of a personalized method to reach the mental flow that the particular creator prefers. Not only are they inconsistent with the amount of sleep they get, but the methods they use when going about sleep. For instance, Leonardo Da Vinci was known for only sleeping for fifteen minutes of every hour and Salvador Dali was recorded to hold a key in his hand as he drifted off into a sleep state with a metal plate underneath so when he fell asleep the key would drop conseque...