by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing
When I explore a creative topic, roughly twenty-nine out of thirty of my ideas are either average or stupid. The average ones are usually restatements of other bland ideas; the stupid ones have no substance, entirely miss the point, or are offensive (or some...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing
One aspect I love about writing fiction is that I get to create a world. I create this world’s physics. I create this world’s origin story. And I create who and what populates this world. Heck, I can even create the absolute destruction of this world! Think about that...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
The stickers placed on a person’s go-to laptop—or the lack of them—tells you a little something about the user. I’m hoping mine suggest a sense of intellectual and creative playfulness.
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy, Writing
I picked up this small piece of handcrafted art in Hawaii. There’s not much to it— a square, white frame, a square, yellow mat board with a handwritten quote, and a square, hand-drawn image with sparkles. Oddly enough, I love it. But why? Well, after some thought, I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing
Although I think it’s hyperbolic to say someone is either a creator or a consumer, there is a creating:consuming ratio for nearly everyone at any given time, and, if you are aware of your own ratio, it can offer some valuable insight. For example, for writers one...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
It’s very difficult to boil the entire ocean. The ocean is so vast, that if you tried to boil it with fire or natural gas or lava or a nuclear bomb, you may be able to induce a few minutes of boiling within a small volume, but quite soon the boiling will stop....
