# Julian Shapiro - Creativity faucet: Increase your creativity (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/56115868) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Julian Shapiro]] **Full Title**:: Creativity faucet: Increase your creativity **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.julian.com](https://www.julian.com/blog/creativity-faucet) **Host**:: [[www.julian.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2025-11-08]] **Created**:: [[2025-11-08]] ## Highlights - Visualize your creativity as a backed-up pipe of water. The first mile is packed with wastewater. This wastewater must be emptied before the clear water arrives. Because your pipe only has one faucet, there's no shortcut to achieving clarity other than first emptying the wastewater. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k9h4j7cd1czq4jj1q4hn8p8f)) ^955416942 - **Once you've generated enough bad output, your mind reflexively identifies which elements caused the badness**. Then it becomes better at avoiding them. You start pattern-matching interesting ideas with greater intuition. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k9h4jh6dcwndj81qtyky3m2h)) ^955416970