{"id":355,"date":"2012-03-21T00:38:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T04:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/creative-nudge-night-at-the-opera"},"modified":"2015-03-07T00:12:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:12:27","slug":"creative-nudge-night-at-the-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-night-at-the-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – Night at the Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lately I've been reading various articles about brain research and creativity. It is quite entertaining to learn about various studies which prove music, color and fragrance can stimulate our creativity and memory. We've known for awhile that Bach and Mozart<\/a> can stimulate the brain <\/a>and potentially raise the IQ, but we are just now valuing creativity enough so that researchers have to spend time and money to prove what we creative-types already know: sensory stimulation lights up the creative centers of the brain! <\/p>\n

Every artist and creative person I know, has figured this out. This ranges from taking a dance class, to aromatherapy, and having an "Artist's Date"<\/a> – i.e. going to a gallery, art museum or concert.<\/p>\n

I have always wondered, why do we have to get permission from a book or a scientist to accept what we already know – that being exposed to a live performance or viewing art in person is incredibly inspiring.<\/p>\n

Whether you go the opera, attend gallery openings, listen to street musicians, or watch a painting demo… to witness creative expression is to light the creative fire within…and apparently also lights up the creative centers of the brain.<\/p>\n

Because of my background as a classically trained musician, I love to expose my kids to classical music, and then allow them to fall in love with the composer or genre of their choice. This last week I was playing Bizet's "Carmen"<\/a> in the car, and then the kids were whistling the famous theme melody the rest of the week. Sneaky huh?<\/p>\n

I am sure most of you have seen the classic movie "Room With a View". <\/a>(If not, go download it now!) There is a famous haunting aria in this film – from a seldom-performed short opera by Puccini. You have probably never hear this piece anywhere else but the movie, but if you heard the melody you'd instantly remember that famously luscious visual of the Italian countryside<\/a>. The scene has such sensual depth that you can almost smell the Italian countryside fragrance when the aria is played.<\/p>\n

Sophie and I went to see our local university's opera company Sunday afternoon, and much to my surprise, this was one of the short operas performed. It is called "Gianni Schicchi"<\/a> and only lasts about an hour. When the soprano began to sing this aria<\/a>, there was an audible gasp from the audience, and their delight in hearing this piece performed was as deliciously heavy as night-blooming jasmine.<\/p>\n

How do you stimulate your brain's creativity<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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