{"id":2791,"date":"2013-09-13T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2013-09-13T11:51:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T16:51:02","slug":"dopamine-creativity-surfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/09\/13\/dopamine-creativity-surfer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chemistry of Creativity: Riding The Dopamine Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Surfer Dudette Riding the DS106 Dopamine Wave for TDC613<\/p><\/div>\n

\"DailyCreateWebPic\"<\/a>Alan Levine has been updated and tweaking the DS106 site quite a bit the last few weeks. \u00a0He’s been asking for people to test things out, trying some new formats. \u00a0You know… things like that. \u00a0Well yesterday’s DS106 Daily Create, TDC613<\/a>, asked us to take a photo that represents the TDC idea of regular exercises of creativity<\/em>. \u00a0It seems the current photo the site is using at the moment is getting stale.<\/p>\n

I thought about this challenge throughout the day, but nothing was presenting itself to excite my creativity. \u00a0Then last night, at 10:30 pm, inspiration struck. \u00a0Man… I was planning on going to bed early…. but no…. my brain chemistry had now shifted into creative mode.<\/p>\n

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The chemistry of creativity – Dopamine on the brain<\/p><\/div>\n

“Our brain chemistry is without doubt an unpredictable force and influence on our mood and, therefore, how creative we feel….Dopamine is the chemical that allows our brain to wonder and think-up new ideas (Flaherty, A.W<\/a>* )<\/em>….\u00a0It is known that dopamine gets trapped in tense muscles. Regular (and even gentle) exercise can help release this dopamine back in our body and brain.”\u00a0\u00a0[Chemistry and Creativity<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Surfer\"<\/span>That nice boost of dopamine inspired a repeat appearance of Surfer Dudette last seen surfing her way through my first stop motion video<\/a> for\u00a0tdc567<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The image I chose to create for tdc613<\/a>\u00a0has quite a few layers, figuratively and literally. \u00a0Figuratively, you can tease out:<\/p>\n