Comments on: Writing in the Meditative Zone http://katiebonn.com/2010/02/01/writing-in-the-meditative-zone/ A whole lot of insignificant prattle Sat, 19 May 2012 03:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gut http://katiebonn.com/2010/02/01/writing-in-the-meditative-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-141382 Gut Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:34:55 +0000 http://katiebonn.com/?p=200#comment-141382 <p>The zone is somewhere I end up after a long day...around 2 or 3 am, I can sit and flow.</p> <p>But often flow is about having passion or vision that can pull you forward.</p> The zone is somewhere I end up after a long day…around 2 or 3 am, I can sit and flow.

But often flow is about having passion or vision that can pull you forward.

]]> By: Dave http://katiebonn.com/2010/02/01/writing-in-the-meditative-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-141381 Dave Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:24:40 +0000 http://katiebonn.com/?p=200#comment-141381 <p>Getting rid of distractions gets me in the zone.</p> <p>Like Rebecca I write more python than prose, but a good pair of over-the-ear headphones, some well curated Pandora stations or Grooveshark playlists and closing chat, email, twitter give me very little to do but code.</p> Getting rid of distractions gets me in the zone.

Like Rebecca I write more python than prose, but a good pair of over-the-ear headphones, some well curated Pandora stations or Grooveshark playlists and closing chat, email, twitter give me very little to do but code.

]]> By: Molly http://katiebonn.com/2010/02/01/writing-in-the-meditative-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-141379 Molly Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:38:44 +0000 http://katiebonn.com/?p=200#comment-141379 <p>For me to get in the zone, I need the right environment. Headphones are always nice. I'm setting up the upstairs to be my personal studio. It's well-lit, cozy (space heater!), and all my space. I'm going to pick up my desk and chair sometime next week, and then I can finally start using it. I'm the easily distractable type, so no cats are allowed. Unfortunately, I haven't been distration-less very often, so I haven't written or drawn much.</p> <p>I have so many sketchbooks unused because nowadays I feel like anything I sketch has to be good enough to show people. This isn't good. :(</p> For me to get in the zone, I need the right environment. Headphones are always nice. I’m setting up the upstairs to be my personal studio. It’s well-lit, cozy (space heater!), and all my space. I’m going to pick up my desk and chair sometime next week, and then I can finally start using it. I’m the easily distractable type, so no cats are allowed. Unfortunately, I haven’t been distration-less very often, so I haven’t written or drawn much.

I have so many sketchbooks unused because nowadays I feel like anything I sketch has to be good enough to show people. This isn’t good. :(

]]> By: Rebecca http://katiebonn.com/2010/02/01/writing-in-the-meditative-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-141378 Rebecca Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:48:44 +0000 http://katiebonn.com/?p=200#comment-141378 <p>I have no tips, though I think yours is a great method. My problem is that I've fallen so far out of the zone (in terms of writing) I don't know if I can get back! I used to journal a good bit (it was my main form of writing) but for a variety of reasons fell out of the habit about six or seven years ago. I keep meaning to get back but just haven't carved out the twenty- or thirty-minute block of time to do it. (Sort of like how I'm always meaning to do that for prayer/meditation.)</p> <p>I did get into the zone at times last semester when I was working on my Python programs. It doesn't feel like meditation to me, but like intense focus. I wasn't thinking about the next thing I had to do or what time it was; I was completely focused on the program and getting it to work, and I was making all sorts of mental connections. It's hard to describe, especially because it only happened a handful of times.</p> I have no tips, though I think yours is a great method. My problem is that I’ve fallen so far out of the zone (in terms of writing) I don’t know if I can get back! I used to journal a good bit (it was my main form of writing) but for a variety of reasons fell out of the habit about six or seven years ago. I keep meaning to get back but just haven’t carved out the twenty- or thirty-minute block of time to do it. (Sort of like how I’m always meaning to do that for prayer/meditation.)

I did get into the zone at times last semester when I was working on my Python programs. It doesn’t feel like meditation to me, but like intense focus. I wasn’t thinking about the next thing I had to do or what time it was; I was completely focused on the program and getting it to work, and I was making all sorts of mental connections. It’s hard to describe, especially because it only happened a handful of times.

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