How about this as a way to get out of a writer's block, a creative rut, or poetic funk: unplug and get out into the natural world..
A study published in the journal PLOS One found that spending four days in nature - away from electronic devices - is linked with 50 percent higher score on a test for creativity.
I am one of those people who spends too much time in front of a screen (computer or otherwise) but who also loves to take a hike. The study looked at people who did electronics-free wilderness hiking trips for four to six days. (The hikes were organized by the Outward Bound expedition school.)
They gave creativity tests to some the morning they started their trip and others on the fourth day of their trip and found the day 4 group scored higher. (I'm not sure why they didn't test all of them before and on day 4.)
Maybe it was being in nature, or maybe it was being unplugged. Maybe its both things.
Another study was also cited that found that just seeing the color green before being given a creative prompt yielded more imaginative answers than seeing the color white before the prompt.
Anyone willing to experiment and report back to us?
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