The music of boredom

How music can help make some space in our heads for creative thinking

Do you remember how it felt to be bored when you were a kid? Absolutely nothing to do except weave strands of grass or stare at the clouds.

This kind of boredom triggers a state in our brains linked to imagination and creative thinking. Your brain has the chance and the space to wander and daydream.

But these days?

It’s a different kind of boredom, one brought about by too much stimulation, and one with no space for our brains to even think of wandering…

Ah, but what if music can provide a path out of this and back into ourselves? 🎵

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