# George Mack - How to get creative (without doing drugs) (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/35630868) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[George Mack]] **Full Title**:: How to get creative (without doing drugs) **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [twitter.com](https://twitter.com/george__mack/status/1733143206144123356/?rw_tt_thread=True) **Host**:: [[twitter.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-12-20]] **Created**:: [[2023-12-23]] ## Highlights - If you have a written idea -- try to draw it; If you have a visual idea -- try to write it; If you have a numerical idea -- try to explain it out loud. The process of transforming the idea from one language to another produces a new perspective. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hj3jsffdfy8zbawn6ddzyw0e)) ^644935042 (**author**:: [[Balaji Srinivasan]]) - If bored and struggling with ideas -- just keep walking until the day becomes interesting. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hj3jznyvmxv8dw6cjeybjfjg)) ^644935395 - Most people only consume content made in the last 24 hours. [@david_perell](https://twitter.com/david_perell) calls this the "Never-Ending-Now". If you study history, your inputs go from the best content in the last 24h to the best content ever made. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hj3k0pkgykbsdg8ykvw6ygyh)) ^644935554 - Add the best questions you find to a spinning wheel app. Spin the wheel before bed. Leave the question with the subconscious overnight. Brainstorm on the question first thing in the morning. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hj3k2hwfexpenp5adnqyb455)) ^644935651 #actionable