Scotland, Highlands 😍💚 Also, "The Download" - I get those too. How my last animation and the one I'm working on came to me. As well as another non-animation project I've been working on for over a year. The Download is definitely part of my work process, and I get them before sleep and before I wake up too.
So cool! Downloads seem fairly common among artists—I know some who get them through meditation, although it can take a little longer (I've heard on the order of 40 min). I'm interested in trying it to see if I retain more information at higher fidelity this way, but I need to prioritize the time. I'd like to.
I like getting mine around a sleeping/semi-conscious state. I’ve had insights into real life situations that way without any way of knowing the facts at all - I freaked a friend out once who I hadn’t talked to in a long time (years) after telling her about a dream I had which accurately described a situation she was in. My mother and grandmother also have had that kind of sense, but for them it was outside of sleep. As for meditation, I feel like I already have my natural method, so it’s enough coming that way. I think that artists must work with something outside of what is rational, they are kind of like mediums in that, so I wouldn’t be surprised that others have this experience, it can be accessed in flow in a certain way - but you are the first I know of who gets these the way that I do. And agreed - very cool to know this. ♥️
Scotland, Highlands 😍💚 Also, "The Download" - I get those too. How my last animation and the one I'm working on came to me. As well as another non-animation project I've been working on for over a year. The Download is definitely part of my work process, and I get them before sleep and before I wake up too.
So cool! Downloads seem fairly common among artists—I know some who get them through meditation, although it can take a little longer (I've heard on the order of 40 min). I'm interested in trying it to see if I retain more information at higher fidelity this way, but I need to prioritize the time. I'd like to.
I like getting mine around a sleeping/semi-conscious state. I’ve had insights into real life situations that way without any way of knowing the facts at all - I freaked a friend out once who I hadn’t talked to in a long time (years) after telling her about a dream I had which accurately described a situation she was in. My mother and grandmother also have had that kind of sense, but for them it was outside of sleep. As for meditation, I feel like I already have my natural method, so it’s enough coming that way. I think that artists must work with something outside of what is rational, they are kind of like mediums in that, so I wouldn’t be surprised that others have this experience, it can be accessed in flow in a certain way - but you are the first I know of who gets these the way that I do. And agreed - very cool to know this. ♥️