Kalaikal Creative Arts

Less Time with Technology Means More Room for Creativity

Posted by Dela M - 520 days ago

I recently read an article from the Globe and Mail – “Digital devices may lead to brain fatigue: study.” The writer stresses the fact that occupying your brain with digital input does not allow for the down time that is needed for better learning, memory, and to nourish new ideas.  This got me thinking about creativity and if we the children of the Technology era have succumb to turning off our creativity buttons to immerse in all of the media applications offered through eye catching gizmos produced by technology tycoons.

When listening to the works by famous music composers such as Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart, we’re fascinated by their creative masterpieces and are left wondering how they’ve done it! What we do know is that they did not use technology. They were utterly dedicated to creating music.

Today, we may assume that composers like Andrew Lloyd Weber, the musical composer behind “Music of the Night” from “The Phantom of the Opera and A.R Rahman, the musical genius responsible for a multitude of various and beautiful Tamil, Hindi, and English compositions both use technology. Weber has earned multiple awards throughout his career proving to be one of the best English musical composers of our time and Rahman has been named the “Mozart of Madras” by TIME magazine (as seen on Rahman’s official website).

Could we safely say then, that we should not worry about technology possibly stunting our creativity as there are composers such as Weber and Rahman who continue to create great music? The trick is to not get caught up with what technology has to offer and instead devote your time to sitting at a piano, scribbling down notes, getting up and trying a few steps or simply closing your eyes and imagining that choreography, visualizing those eighth notes and drawing lines with your mental paintbrush.

What I’m saying is, take the time you need from digital devices to nourish your creativity. You could very well be the next Weber or Rahman by simply harnessing your creativity and in order to do that, give your brain some down time.

Link to article from the Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/digital-devices-may-lead-to-brain-fatigue-study/article1685928/

Link to A.R Rahman’s Official website:

http://www.arrahman.com/

Link to Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Official website:

http://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/