This article explores various methods to access subconscious thought and enhance creativity. Free association is a powerful technique that bypasses the conscious mind, while meditation and mindfulness techniques help quiet the conscious mind and allow deeper thoughts and feelings to emerge. Dreams and lucid dreaming offer unique ways to explore subconscious ideas.
Accessing the subconscious mind is a powerful tool for personal growth and transformation. By crafting stories that resonate with the subconscious, individuals can unlock hidden ideas and take them to places. Associative thinking is a vital part of creativity and can be harnessed to boost creative endeavors.
Activities like creative visualization, meditation, yoga, or deep breathing exercises can trigger a sense of mental clarity. Theta Waves (4-8 Hz) are a deeply relaxed mental state associated with the subconscious. Engaging with nature reduces anxiety, lowers heart rates, and soothes the mind.
Meditation is a powerful tool for accessing the subconscious mind. Hypnotherapy can help unlock the power of the subconscious by allowing us to access our right brain (creative side) and left brain (logical side) to create positive change in our lives.
To tap into your subconscious mind for creative genius, find a quiet place, close your eyes, calm your mind, and speak positive affirmations. Both intuition and creativity are mostly subconscious activities of the mind, which grow from gaining more knowledge and experience.
Establishing a routine that encourages tapping into the subconscious, such as dedicating time for meditation or free writing, can be challenging. Engaging in activities that stimulate unconventional thoughts, such as brainstorming sessions, mind mapping exercises, or free writing, allows individuals to crystallize their destiny and unlock their creative abilities.
📹 Power of Your Subconscious Mind for Artists & Creative People
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind is not just the name of a classic book by Joseph Murphy. It’s also an important principle …
📹 Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity
My guest is Rick Rubin, one of the most renowned music producers of all time, known for his work with a wide range of artists, …
Here’s an important principle that every musician, writer, artist and creative entrepreneur can use to build the life they desire. In this article I get a little geeky, a bit silly (with bloopers at the end), and I hit on something that could very well send your creativity down a new, more empowered path. Watch it, then leave a comment to let me know what you think.
I agree with everything… except… that @5:25 “beliefs are thoughts that are repeated over and over”. I believe that thoughts (repeated over and over) can CREATE beliefs – but a belief is separate from just a repeated thought. A belief is the SOURCE, a root, a well, or cause of the pattern of thinking. Beliefs are the root of the tree. Thoughts are the trunk. Actions and words are the branches and leaves. Our words and actions validate our thoughts; and the thoughts confirm our beliefs. (Or we can work against these confirmations.) If we change our words (think Will Bowen), our beliefs will change eventually (but slowly). If we change our actions (think CBT), our beliefs will change over time. If we change our beliefs (think Heart Wall, EFT, tapping, affirmations, meditation, etc.), our thoughts will change – and therefore our actions and words – causing our new actions to confirm the newly found beliefs deeper and deeper.
Takeawey: 1. Creativity is closer to magic than science, and kids are more creative than adults because they have no baggage and are open to seeing what is. – Art making is a process of looking for feeling within ourselves. – Creativity is closer to magic than science and language is insufficient to drill down on it. 2. Creative artists need to focus on changing their aperture to come up with new ideas and recognize when something feels creatively right. -In art, it’s important to be able to recognize when something feels creatively right and to be able to translate that into actionable suggestions without relying on language. – Limiting your palette to something manageable forces you to solve problems in a different way and understanding how you feel in the face of other voices without second-guessing yourself is key to developing as an artist. -People who have a compulsion to do things their own way and ignore feedback are more likely to develop The Taste than perfectionists. -Creative artists need to depart from the commercial endeavor of creating a story to please others and instead focus on changing their aperture to come up with new ideas. -Artists have the superpower of recognizing the obvious and accepting that we don’t know anything, allowing for a wider range of possibilities. 3. Discovering the unknown can be beneficial for creativity, connecting us to the physical world and our imagination, and music from our teenage years can evoke powerful emotions. -Discovering the unknown can be beneficial for creativity, connecting us to the physical world and our imagination, and music from our teenage years can evoke powerful emotions.
Mr. Huberman, I have never commented on a YouTube article before and don’t find much interest in the platform in general, as well as any other social media platform. I began listening to your articles while Doordashing just to make time go by faster. You have an incredible mind and I love the way you go about describing scientific concepts in an indefinite way. You go through explaining topics based on your knowledge of current scientific beliefs with an open-ended, curious ambiance. I thoroughly enjoy listening to your thought-provoking articles! Thank you for your content! Sincerely, A single mother who Doordashes for income from Kansas
It’s funny how Rick keeps pointing to the fact that science is not near as definitive as it or he or we think it is. He does many times and every time Andrew gets real quiet without challenging. Vice versa Rick really doesn’t bite when it comes to wanting to put things in scientific language. I love seeing two people come together that speak different languages but have tremendous respect for one another. Setting a great example! Thanks!
11:03: 🎶 Rick Rubin discusses the elusive nature of creativity and the importance of following the energy and feeling in oneself. 14:48: 🎶 Rick Rubin discusses the creative process, the limitations of language, and the importance of owning one’s feelings as an artist. 27:35: 🎨 Creativity is about staying true to your own vision and not seeking validation from others. 41:27: 😮 The conversation discusses the compulsion and source energy in creative processes, the abstraction of the brain, and the importance of perspective and novelty in experiencing wonder. 56:28: 🎵 The delight we feel when experiencing something may not be solely about the thing itself, but also about the contrast between what we recognize and what we don’t. 1:09:46: 🎶 Rick Rubin discusses the creative process and the balance between focused training and nebulous creativity in music production. 1:22:57: 🤼 The brain filters and creates stories to make sense of unfamiliar experiences, often mistaking them for reality; wrestling, despite being scripted, can be seen as closer to reality than other forms of content. 1:36:57: 🤼♂ The energy and unpredictability of wrestling, along with its blend of reality and fiction, make it an enjoyable and relaxing experience for Rick Rubin. 1:59:02: 🤼 Rick Rubin discusses his love for professional wrestling and how it serves as a relaxing and entertaining activity for him. 2:10:01: 📚 Rick Rubin discusses the different phases of work and the importance of deadlines in the completion phase.
I can feel Rick’s childlike sense of jump in and go for it,and I can feel Andrew’s resistance to burning the sage and cutting loose at a dead show. This has helped me immensely because I am as free creatively as Rick but I catch myself resisting like Andrew and I fully relate to both of you so well I wish you would do this together again.
I just found out about Rick Rubin today, and to me he is an incredible inspiring man. This man is a down to earth spiritual master imo. There is a calmness about him, and he can listen. I love how he is demonstrating how life is actually working and daring to be curious to the unknown instead of wanting to control every possible outcome. I love how he speaks about how limitation can actually be more helpful then infinite possibilities. I also like the contrast of a scientist interviewing a man who is not interested in facts or beliefs. Thank you both
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎙️ Introduction and Background 03:47 📚 Rick Rubin’s New Book on Creativity 08:07 💊 Balaji Srinivasan’s Perspective on Creativity 14:19 🧒 Creativity in Children vs. Adults 17:37 💡 The Nature of New Ideas 19:25 🧠 The Body’s Role in Creativity 20:49 🎶 Personal Creativity and Musical Preferences 21:18 🎵 Musical Taste and Creativity 22:16 🎨 Translating Creative Feelings without Words 26:25 🖌️ Navigating Infinite Choices in the Digital Age 29:13 🌟 The Role of Authenticity in Creativity 33:30 🌐 The Context of Knowledge and Discovery 38:12 🎤 The Early Days of Beastie Boys 39:32 📲 Immediate Feedback and Creativity 41:28 🧠 The Compulsion of Creativity 43:17 🎵 The Creative Process and Commitment 46:05 🎨 Imagination, Abstraction, and Perception 50:48 😄 The Power of Surprise and Comedy 54:28 🌍 Expanding Perception and Delight in the Mundane 59:12 🎶 Music and Identity Formation 01:04:48 📚 Rick Rubin’s Unique Book Structure 01:05:47 🧘 Clearing the Mental Static for Creativity 01:07:12 💡 Anxiety and Problem Solving 01:11:23 🔍 Anxiety as an Activating Energy 01:18:37 🎵 Artistic Chaos vs. Scientific Rigor 01:20:35 ☁️ The Cloud vs. Implementation 01:25:49 🧠 Understanding Memory and Perception 01:29:12 🌿 Nature as Truth 01:30:34 🤯 The Limited Scope of Human Understanding 01:35:22 🤖 Wrestling and Blurred Realities 01:44:50 ⚖️ Wrestling as a Realm of Honesty 01:45:45 🤼 Wrestling as Theater 01:48:08 🎵 Creativity and Boundaries 01:52:24 🧘 Resetting the Mind 01:59:02 🌆 Change and Attachment to the Past 02:01:58 😴 Preparing for Sleep 02:03:51 🌄 Morning Routine and Creative Preparation 02:05:47 📝 Collecting Ideas and Personal Interest 02:07:43 🔄 Phases of Creative Work and Structure 02:16:18 🙅♂️ Self-Doubt and Creative Process 02:25:50 🎨 Creativity and Decision-Making 02:29:52 🧠 Brain Plasticity Misconceptions 02:32:17 🌞 Exploring Alternative Health Ideas 02:37:01 🤼♀️ Wrestling with Ideas and Open-Mindedness 02:45:06 💡 The Power of Belief in Creativity 02:46:59 🧠 Creativity and Being Present 02:52:12 🧘♂️ Meditation and Awareness 02:56:26 📚 Rick Rubin’s Book and Gratitude Made with HARPA AI
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: How do you create a relaxed environment for artists that promotes creativity? This can be both in the physical set (dim lighting, comfortable couch etc…) and the mental setting (having a conversation prior to diving into work, non-judgmental attitude etc…). Thank you both Andrew and Rick for this incredible episode on my favorite podcast!!
More of this!! Hands down the best episode so far. Andrew, we really got to see your personal tastes + thoughts come out here + I loved it! I bet it’s tough to venture out into this kind of territory while your contemporaries keep a close eye (because you know, facts + figures are the main interest for them…) I personally would like to see more subjects regarding your personal interests + opinions!
I am writing a essay on creativity and neuroscience for my neurobiology class and this is just simply amazing. Thank you so much for everything you do. You have helped me to understand my brain better and why I feel the way I feel. I wish that I could travel to the US to come to one of your lectures, hopefully one day this will be possible❤
Question for Rick: have you heard the parable of the sower? Seeds (ideas in this case) fall on different soils (our minds/bodies) but only the good soil produces fruit. Essentially we need to be open to new ideas, skilled enough to execute, have a good work ethic in order to make something great, and protected from different/negative thoughts that will crush the new idea in order for that new “seed” to grow to fruitfulness. Focusing on the question “am I the good soil today?” Has really changed my life. Thank you Rick and Andrew!
Unbelievable how either Rick Rubin either turns out to be the one doing the interview, or absolutely no one can ask him a direct question. Most of his interviewers always take ~5 min giving background before asking a question. The dude has a way to get it out of people, get people to talk, feel at ease, feel listened, etc. By simply framing his questions, Andrew got to the answers all by himself so many times. Truly incredible to witness!
1:58:55 This was the most interesting part for me. As someone who constantly longs for the past and deals with intense nostalgic depression, it amazes me that Rick says he never feels that way and only focuses on the present and future. I’m currently trying to find ways to not let nostalgia affect me so much, but anything can set me off. An old movie, an old song, my childhood, my friends that died, anything. I want to live in the present as much as possible but its so hard to not think about the times that have come and gone.
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN : How exactly does one set short and longterm goals for the creative endeavor (as a music producer)? As the recent topics regarding creativity are all about „enjoying the process” rather than „attaching oneself to the outcome”, should one even set goals at all? And if so, what would these goals exactly look like, so that one could put them into practice consistently, without limiting the creativity? All my musical idols, that i admire always talk about the goals, they have set to themselves. But i imagine goals like „creating one song per week, no matter what” as really limiting to the creative aspect of the process, because in my experience, every song is different. Would love to hear your thoughts on that. Thank you Rick and Andrew!
I’m gonna have to listen to some parts of this over and over to digest and process it properly. It’s brilliant! I’m definitely getting the book. I am about to release my debut single on 28th of this month and it’s been such a huge journey for me to get to this point. So much of what Rick talks about here resonates with my own creative, songwriting journey. I’ve done my job as a singer-songwriter and now I let the creation out into the world and set it free.🕊️…On to the next song! 🥳 thank you so much for this wonderful, helpful and important content (and at no cost to the viewer 🙌🏼). A thousand thanks! 🙏🏼✨
If you mindfully listen to a Andrew Huberman question, write it as a sentence in your mind, it’s an absolutely unintelligible way to phrase a paragraph. There would be an absurd over use of commas, at least at a minimum 27 tangents and personal thoughts, I truly believe Rick Ruben struggled to answer a lot of these questions because like sifting through a dropped bowl of spaghetti trying to untangle what was just laid out. A wasted opportunity. Instead of going in there, and displaying your own level of intellect amongst what might be regarded as the pre-imminent creative spiritual guide for a lot of people today, maybe just going in with some very direct questions, understanding the other person in the room would respond in a more positive way. My eyes are open. Andrew “tangent” Huberman.
QUESTION FOR RICK: How do you know when to grind and push actively on a creative project vs. relax and wait until your unconscious solves the problem and come back. Is it an intuitive understanding or more like a structured approach? I’m prone to bouncing between requiring too much from myself and on other times procrastinating, feeling it hard to find a satisfying balance
Love this interview I wanted to say thank you Rick and Andrew because you reminded me how I used to love listening to music when I go to sleep it was a huge Ah ha moment. I have played music the last two nights and I have slept like I haven’t slept in years ❤ i’m so freaking happy. I stopped listening to music when I went to sleep because my husband can’t sleep when there’s music on, so now I go to sleep 30 minutes before him with my earphone’s on and I’m gone until the morning I am really starting to heal now. Thank you ❤
Why don’t you let him talk for longer time undisturbed or keep your questions/remarks short? Andrew has probably 70-80% of the talking part. And thats good to get to know more from him, but sad for Rubin from whom I’d liked to get more input. But there are more interviews with him… So still a very interesting meeting between the two different personalities of you, you both have so much to share! And thank you for the interview.
Dear Andrew, “It’s all lies. Go back to NATURE, that’s the only truth.” – thanks you and Rick for that! I did the same as you, wrote it down and will remind myself when I forget. I wish everyone would find something like wrestling for Rick – his face when he talked about wrestling – wonderful. The whole podcast is amazing! All the best for you, Dorota
Question for Rick: Have you experimented with AI for anything related to creativity and music..it seems so wrong for music but here it comes..right? Technology has always played a part in recording but this new AI set of tools seems much different. I’m an engineer/producer/ studio owner and always try to strike a balance with the use of digital tools vs. traditional analog gear..sooo curious on your thoughts on the perils and positives of this new era! THANKS FOR ALL YOU BOTH DO.-Chris Steinmetz
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: First of all, thanks to you BOTH for everything you put out in this world. Much gratitude and respect 🙌🏼 My question: in Rick’s book, he talks about (and I’m paraphrasing) artists being very sensitive to the world; feeling things very intensely, deeply. Aside from (or in addition to) a meditation practice, what advice does Rick have for artists in how to manage these highs and lows/the intensity of these feelings? What tools has he given or suggested to artists?
What an amazing episode this is with Rick Rubin! Thank you both for being so honest about everything that you share. In particular, I feel that you, as a neuroscientist, are somewhat bridging Science and Art to close the gap between them. Science is an objective study and art (creativity) is a subjective matter. At the same time, they can work together to balance life and what life has to offer. To sum up what I get out of this episode, have “an open mind” and “pay attention to what is” are the most important elements for creativity. Thank you both immensely!!!
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: How do you stay curious and keep moving in a musical landscape where it seems that everything has already been done and there’s nothing significantly new on the horizon. I’m thinking about the evolution of modern music, the interplay of technology, social and cultural movements, and all the different genres that resulted from it. There’s a claustrophobic feel, like we’ve reached the end of the tunnel in terms of “things to be discovered”. I’d love to hear Rick’s take on it. Thanks to both you, great episode this one.
Hi, Andrew. I am about to be a first time father in about a month. I was really curious if you had ever considered doing an episode, or a few, on ways to keep a child (newborn up through adult transition) at optimal health. I was shocked to learn from your sleep episode that melatonin in excess amounts will suppress sex hormones and delay puberty in kids. I hope you see this and take this into consideration because I, and I’m sure many others, would benefit greatly from it! Thank you for all that you do for the science community!
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: Do you have any advice for how to shift your perspective, in the artistic process, to try and create the feeling of “wonder” (in reference to the conversation about oil droplets, galaxies, etc.)? As in, how to hear a song you’re creating as if you’ve never heard it, rather than with the familiarity you’ve gained with it
A little miracle… Ive just listened to this podcast where I believe something similar to this was said :**indeed maybe the universe is giving us clues and opportunities…more than mere coincidences. ** . E.g. I had just finished listening to this podcast also I didn’t quite get who this guy Rick Rubin was except that he struck me as a kind interestingness guy and my interest is in self development and i was motivated** After the podcast i reached for my guitar …. i’ve just knocked the dust off of it once more. I asked Alexa to find me guitar lessons on the smart T.V – going to tutors that were familiar to me – nothing here was linked to the podcast. I went for the song hurt by Johnie cash which has always touched my heart profoundly and the chords looked manageable ….. then i notice the musical director as – Rick Rubin!!! Well i’m away to work now with a spring in my step feeling this was more than just coincidence – possibly a little miracle .
I can only imagine how good of a friend Andrew was during his youth with his skateboarding cronies because every time he has a friend on the podcast he expresses with such heart how much he appreciates and cares for them…he even does it several times an episode when he mentions Lex or someone close. He shows thanks for their being and contributions. And consequently, we viewers witness this expression and as a third person reap the happiness to a greater extent than either the deliverer or the recipient (courtesy of the Thanksgiving episode two years ago😊).
Simply, history on the making… I feel like I´m listening to Freud and Klimt in a “as far as I know” discussion about the world or their own time, as a new world was on the making. I visited the US from Buenos Aires with my familiy when I was 10 (late 1986) and I came back with a Licensed to Ill cassette… Andrew is just like one of my californian cousins that introduced me to Beastie Boys, and Rick Rubin is that legend behind all those records than made a deep impression in my life, opening the box of misteries. So awesome.
Question for Rick Rubin. Thank you for opening up the opportunity to ask questions, it is greatly appreciated. How do I find my personal creative process? As you mentioned, what might work for someone else may not work for someone else. How would I venture out on my own to find own creative process? This episode was super impactful, thank you!
I am new to this website and I don’t know Andrew’s style, so forgive me… But am I the only one who thought Andrew was a bit annoying by answering his own questions and barely allowing Rick to answer? I noticed it several times that he posed a question for Rick and then proceeded to answer it himself, either from his own point of view or from what he thinks/hopes that Rick’s might be… Is this his general style of interviewing?
Question for Rick and Andrew: Do you see things clearly in your mind’s eye? In all the different interviews I’ve heard with Rick, it’s a lot about feeling and not seeing. The few people I’ve talk to about this who sound similar, also tend to not be nostalgic as well, maybe because they aren’t processing or encumbered by memories the same visually. I experience the world more through intuition and feel viscerally. The only times I “almost” see things in the mind’s eye are through some kinds of music. One in particular, is classical-ish off the erased tapes label (Nils Frahm etc) which I think I remember Rick saying he liked. This also only happens when I’m not striving for it, it’s elusive like a dream. Andrew, have you ever looked into the connection between the “mind’s eye” and the retina, are there any interesting links? How real is Aphantasia? Even if one only “sees” conceptually in the mind, how would we know what things are when we are thinking if we can’t even see the words in the mind’s eye? All this seeing is on a subconscious level for people who don’t really see in a typical way? I used to go to the college library underage and read this journal from MIT called Leonardo that’s the intersection of sound and science and this was like that come to life. What a treat. Thanks!
52:43 One of my first art teachers in college used exercises similar to this from a book called “Drawing On The Right Side of The Brain”. My favorite was when she would take a famous piece of art, have it printed in black and white, and then place it on the overhead…but upside down….and ask us to do our best to copy the “abstract” design she was displaying, and ad color or shading as we desired. Then at the end of the class she would display the original work on the overhead and ask us to flip our work “upside down”. The only thing besides silence would be the occasional “Whoooaaaa!!!”
Wow, this is brings up so much that’s unspoken within our main stream norms… I really appreciate how your delving into abstract concepts and how your are approaching these convos ( Sam Harris/Rick Rubin ) theories and including the scientific process as being one that includes: opening to new ways of understanding consciousness, and is part of this expiration experience… It’s wild to consider how little we actually know … and the idea that everything we think we know is built upon the limited data and context that’s made up of stories … the ideas you’ve discussed Re: “reality”, etc, is mind blowing!!! Thank you for giving us so much to consider — Learning from you here is such a privilege… 💪❤️🙏👏
Just listen to this in podcast form, absolutely excellent conversation! I can relate to so many things he says about creativity and mind states and especially the part about is always in part one or stage one, in other words, always collecting data towards future projects. Projects though you may not be aware at all that they are future projects or that that data fits into those projects until they happen. Anyway, thank you so much Dr. Huberman and thank you so much! Rick Rubin!
Two geniuses of different fields talking with humility but also with pride on their own self discovery is an amazing thing to hear. This and last Sam Harris are just other level because they don’t left behind the neuroscience, but they also feel like a conversation of two people learning about eachother
“How does a cloud know when it’s going to rain? How does a tree know when spring is coming? How does a bird know when it’s time to build a new nest?” That’s a quote from Rick’s books, I don’t understand what her logic is? Somebody tell me. A tree “knows” when it’s spring by changes in temperature and melting groundwater and other factors, don’t they? So do birds. What’s so mysterious about that? Just like the presence of the change of seasons is due to the fact that our planet flies on an orbit that is moving away from the source of heat and approaching (the sun) on the same trajectory and has a cycle of a “year” that we have so designated to ourselves. I am sure that if there are other planets with life, there may not be a change of seasons for example at all simply because the trajectory of flight is not moving away from the heat source and not approaching. What is the mystery? Another thing that is really interesting and not yet understood is why atoms turned into life and us.
QUESTION FOR RICK: I would love to know how you approach who to work with. Do you regularly turn artists down? Do they have to meet certain requirements before you engage in a project with them? Or is it just a genuine desire to make something great? Thanks guys, huge love and respect all the way from New Zealand
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: How do you deal with writer’s block? I’ve experienced the pure creative state before (as a musician), but more often than not negative thoughts and anxiety take me out of that state and even make me hate music, something I know I love when I’m in the right internal place. Thank you Andrew and Rick for a great episode!
I have recently had several health challenges and side effects of medication that have changed my ability to tap into my creativity. It’s not an easy task to work consciously on regaining creativity. I grieve this loss more than anything else. Rick’s comment “We are confronted with the mysteries of the world when we change our perspective.” really hooked into my imagination. Thank you Andrew and Rick for this podcast.
A fascinating topic indeed. I am still amazed by how this thing in our skull is able to have access to such WONDERS called creativity. I am currently memorizing the episode on Strength and Hypertrophy with Andy Galpin. Thank you for all the knowledge you put out there. You are changing mine and millions of lives <3
I was floored when you brought up Rothko and color perception, and the effect he achieved in his art. I saw a very large painting of Rothko’s in a museum exhibit probably 15 or so years go, and basically it was hung on this wall very far from the entrance to the exhibit space, and so it was like the sheer majesty of this gorgeous thing just took my breath away. It was so strange, this overwhelming physical response I had to this painting, and also how brilliantly it was curated / placed for maximum effect. I think there were even some tears. It caught me so off guard… but it was a profound experience. Thanks for this cool interview.
Today was pre-planned to be a full commit to my creative endeavors. Quit my job last week and everything. I have been anxious about how to approach the opportunity to maximize my creative output, I’ve been having apprehensive dreams about it. I find the release window of this interview to be no coincidence, more encouraging than you could ever know.
QUESTION FOR RICK: This is about order vs disorder balance: I am a music maker, and also work a 9-5. I have periods when my days are structured, and orderly. This is good for most aspects of my life. The problem is I lack inspiration on those periods. Then I break the routine. Start eating unhealthy, No plans, No day structure. My creativity peaks, I spend each available moment making music. Eventually I become so chaotic that I can’t even make good music choices and decide to return to order phase. Do you have experience with artists with similar problems? Any suggestions?
This is fantastic. At about 53:00 in, Rick talks about going into a room to look at a model, then going to a different room to draw it. I have done this very thing, and it was suggested in a book called “How To Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci”. The instructions were to go stand in front of a mirror and look at yourself long enough to see what you think you look like, then go sit down and draw your own face the way you remembered it. I did the experiment, and what I came up with didn’t look exactly like me, but everybody I showed it too said that it didn’t look like anyone else but me!
Please consider a non-animal flesh ‘diet.’ I have been vegan 10 years and in superior health compared to my non-vegan family members who are all diabetic and worse. Parents are both dead from cancer, kidney failure and congestive heart failure. They ate meat, eggs and dairy regularly. Siblings are all diabetic. A no oil vegan diet is a great idea? Please consider.
Wow! Where do I even begin?! This podcast could have never shown up in the most profound way! It took me almost four days to listen till the end! I loved there were two different types of beings scientific and creative (both important perspectives) perusal them engage in conversation. I’m a highly creative person and recently discovered Rick Rubin. My creative process can be a very messy experience where it’s like going down a rabbit hole, a lot of the time I’m unaware of what I’m doing until I’ve completed a project, wait a couple of days than clarity starts to come. When Rick is talking about his creative process, the level of trust he has in the unknown when something is trying to be created through him is so admirable. I knew the was a lesson for me to learn or perhaps surrender. I knew one of my gifts was my ability to FEEL. Although I’m an emotional person, my emotions help me connect to something that is bigger and outside of myself which than guides me to create. The more I engage with the emotions I feel the more of a beautiful outcome it is. My thing is that, although I can feel a large amount of loving and light energy coming from Source. I can tap into the dark emotions too. I find that once I reach a new level of “Light energy” the opposite side is yet to experience. It took me awhile to understand Balance. Source shows me two sides of coin because there is truth. Sometimes it’s hard for me not to get lost on both side. Because when I’m “lost” that when i’m experiencing the most.
Question for Rick Rubin: Can you share with us a mystical experience you had, that can inspire all of us to be open to working with the universe’s guidance? Dr. Huberman you are literally changing an entire generation for better, i am a practical science health nerd, at the same time keep myself open to woo woo and mystical from india and this episode was so much open and refreshing for me. Thank you for your work!
Wow..! I had brain surgery last July at UCSF to help control bad seizures I’ve had since my mid 20’s, and the procedure was overseen by Eddie Chang. He was really cool. He asked me about my drumming during our pre-surgery meeting, specifically ambidextrous rudiments, paradiddles etc. I managed to tour around as a pro drummer for awhile with a couple of bands years ago, but my condition and treatments have pretty much taken over. Hearing you guy chat is really encouraging. Thank you!
I feel so very very incredibly blessed to know what you guys are talking about I can’t I mean since very very young I have pictures of me like two years old I can’t do it. Whatever way I am told to do it. I won’t do anything then is my response Otherwise doing it my way, right wrong or indifferent? Oh my God it feels so good because I’m right in my world. I’m right, you know I may not be right for somebody else or my opinion or attitude or whatever but that doesn’t matter what matters is, I am right for me And I can’t help it and that I’ve been talking about that lately. The thing that is truly truly me is something that I’ve been since I was a baby and lots of other things of happen to get in the way, but then you get older and remove a bunch of Things that don’t make you feel good from your life and allow yourself to see again feel again just move talk be how you are. I can’t be a sheep you know I don’t want to say that but I can’t. I can’t help it it’s not possible it would kill me. I can’t do it. I could look at it as I agree with you guys or I can look at it in the factual state because in my world my things happened first my feelings, my everything, so you guys agreed with me and look at what you guys got accomplished and I am 52 and have survived and that’s been my work I have survived. I wish I could’ve been studying or creating or whatever but my job was to survive and all three of us mentally emotionally physically spiritually whatever we’re agreeing and that makes me so much so so much freaking smarter or in tune or whatever then I was intended for, I should’ve died many many times.
I enjoyed very much your talk and listened twice. The scientific – linear approach versus poetic-intuitive one are familiar, as I come from a scientific home and I am an artist and art therapist. Thank you! The idea of recording (talking to myself) while walking is a method I have been using almost daily. I wrote about this process: strolling writing drawing I did in Kyoto where I wrote my latest book. “In walking-writing, the ego disperses like paper or charcoal into bits and atoms, and the understanding grows that we are made mainly of space and metaphors, archetypes shared across time and cultures. ” Nona Orbach, The book of Permission
That was bloody awesome! I listened to the entire podcast in one go, riveted. Rick Reuben is the creativity Avatar, a prophet for the punk and hip hop age and beyond. Wow, cheers and I am getting that book, the old fashioned paper, hard cover bound because this UN’s gonna be a keeper, one that goes with me as I go. Thanks to you both. It truly is a privilege to have received all the wisdom and possibility herein. Regan 🍃
You Forgot Only The Best Thrash\\Speed Metal Band All Time! State Of The Art Speed Metal Band. That Never Changed their Style for the most part?”R.I.P Jeff H.”;Way before 2\\3rds of the Groups you Spoke of??? Original Slayer Reign In Blood. Public Enemy used samples from that Album on their Epic Album It Takes a Nation of Millions to hold Us Back. 👊🏼👐🏼🤘🏼👐🏼🤘🏼👐🏼🎼💯♾️
Much love and respect to you and your website Andrew Huberman. I hope that all is well for you and your family and friends and I hope that all of your dreams and aspirations come true and that you are safe during your travels and adventures and tours and while recording your articles and while speaking publicly.
QUESTION FOR RICK: having listened to this podcast, I went immediately to Audible to download the book. I am also waiting for a paper copy to be delivered as well. You are so comfortable with paradoxical ideas. Did you study the Tao Te Ching? Thank you this podcast and the book. It’s given me creative inspiration to continue a project that has been scaring me for quite some time.
I would add that when we are in our youth and engage with any genre of the creative expression we are not only identifying with it in that point in time but we are taking it in without analysis or bias. So we are experiencing it without any prejudicial filters. And that moment is a moment of great power. It is a way of seeing anew.
Archetypes are the way we condense the qualities we believe naturally go hand in hand in a memorable and entertaining way so that as we become aware of our world these metaphorical characters just make sense to us. It’s both a projection of human psychology writ large and a potential for understanding ourselves in a way that is universal like the way we use language or culture to color these characters for the time and space they exist in for us. A Hero is a Hero in the same way in every culture even though the story changes. A Trickster is the same set of behaviors in all cultures. Perhaps archetypes are more of a universal homo sapiens bond than we will ever know. I would love to hear a Neanderthal myth. I’m guessing it would be slightly different in form, but maybe not. Perhaps their archetypes had extra qualities or “flavors” that ours lack. I find it astounding that a relatively short time ago we had a cousin species or three that existed on the same psychological plane as ourselves but were fundamentally separate. I wonder if this questing for alien life and the question “Are we all alone?” stems from this extreme loss. I know genetically most humans are essentially hybrids and there are only a handful of people who still exist as “purebred” Homo sapiens sapiens who live in South Saharan Africa, so our understanding of who we are really is flawed because we believe our stories about ourselves a bit too literally sometimes. I wonder if this was the reason we developed the concept of race or if this particular quirk to categorize ourselves came from a time when it was more or less accurate?
Dr. Huberman, thank for you the incredible work you do on this podcast! A topic I’ve always wanted to explore more is the cognitive mechanisms/ processes involved in writing rhymes, particularly polysyllabic rhymes. There are YouTube articles color coding artists rhyme scheme, and illustrating it in this way is remarkable to me. I’ve always been interested in questions such as what cognitive mechanisms allow an artist like Kendrick Lamar or Andrew 300 to structure these symphonies of rhymes. What mental processes do they go through when writing (more inductive, deductive, or just free form thinking that leads to the end product). Is synesthesia involved? What processes are involved in the spontaneous writing of lyrics associated with free styling? I think applying the same questions to painters who paint upside down, or draw different pictures simultaneously with each hand, would be very interesting and informative as well. Thank you again for the excellent education 🙏🏽
When we are young, we are still exploring, looking for new experiences, and endeavoring to understand things. And we indoctrinate OURRSELVES into our own limited mold, from our young experiences, in addition to the limited mold that the world has already placed us. We do it to ourselves as well, because even if we think we are REBELS, thinking differently from our parents, we still fall prey to the FALSE SECURITY of BELIEF. Our brains wants a CONCLUSION to things.. It does not like uncertainty… being in a state of not KNOWING.. And once we allow our brain to stay DECIDED on ANYTHING we close our minds to purely SEEING or even WANTING to see anything that will THREATEN the SECURITY of the COMFORT of what we BELIEVE we already KNOW. And in Andrew’s question to Rick about WHY that music we loved when we were yong sticks with us so, it’ is as Maya Angelou says, we remember the way things made us FEEL if nothing else. The feelings stick even if the memories do not.
I have been working with creativity all my life. I am an artist and have been creating characters and environments for computer games and movies for over 20 years. Of course, there IS neuroscience behind creativity, there ARE tricks and ways to work with information and generate new ideas. A lot of them. It’s not magic… it can be learned and developed. Unfortunately, this whole conversation is useless and too abstract. With all respect, Rick doesn’t seem to understand what creativity is.
Rick said that it is better to impose limits on the creative process even self-imposed. However, one must not limit themselves AT ALL, and what Rick describes is merely the first step in the creative process of making an artistic choice of direction to go. ONE MUST PICK FROM THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. A first step in the process of creation. To use someone else’s scaffolding to begin is already a limit. To create your own scaffolding to begin is a step in your creative process. Are there things that were not known or accepted as ‘art’ for example, 100 years ago that we call “art’ today? Looks like someone created a scaffold BEYOND old limits.
In listening to Mr. Rubin, I find myself thinking, “What is he talking about? I’m as creative as I was when I was 4 or 5. Isn’t everybody?” I guess the answer is no? Anyway, I like the way my mind can’t decide if he looks more like a homeless guy who uses really good conditioner or the abominable snowman that roars at you twice on the Matterhorn.🙂
QUESTION 4 RICK RUBIN: Hey Rick, I know the political climate is heated ATM, I’m a first nations person(Hawaiian/Fijian living in AUS and am wondering what your thoughts are on releasing music that highlights the shady side of history and what’s still happening today, in my country we still exploit Aboriginal people similarly to Native Americans and to a lesser extent African American and the poor. Is making music that has an aspect of confrontation in it, that pushes people to wake up, that exposes the lies and has angst in it detrimental as it plays into the victim perpetrator, rescuer cycle, or an important part of the journey?
QUESTION FOR RR: Have you read the Seth material. Comment for Andrew, around minute 20:20: we know the body’s language, it’s innate to our being. Perhaps more so for women than for men,who knows. But. And. It’s getting out of the way that’s in the way 🤓🤍 Lastly, thank you both so much. Great conversation 🪷
Hey all. I believe that creativity is purely drive, then emotion. I’ve neglected music culture for the last 5 years and been writing and producing electronic music for the last 12. Music is my life. To me, creativity is a window and a flowstate that is based on a multitude of neurons firing, caused by particular states of emotion, which can be caused by a variety of factors, acute, or longterm. Assuming you know what your doing, the most important thing for writing creative music is having the access to write when your in these flow state “windows”. Natural ways to achieve the flow state, could be: Falling in love, Breaking up, landing good news. All 3 natural examples fire up our emotions and cause us to break the boundaries, interestingly, ones sinking, ones rewarding, and ones loving. These three examples also display strong correlation to dopamine and serotonin action. The more manic (for lack of a better work) of a flow state you get in, the more creative you can be. I am diagnosed with ADD since 14. Notoriously, prolific artists have been known of extending the length of the flow-state has been through psychoactive substances. Everyone gets into these states, its just a spectrum. (As an example scenario, The “lightbulb im gonna change my life moment” post break up). Everyones got it in them, The artists’ just go harder and are more susceptible to the better traits.
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: 1) Does it ever happen, where you are trying to get sometime started and eventually you get frustrated because you have an idea in your head or a feeling in your body where you feel so close to start something great but you JUST CANT GET THROUGH IT. Sort of like “writers block? If yes, how do you get through it ? Do you focus on the feeling in a resilient way or do you try to calm yourself down first, then try to make it happen? Hope my question makes sense.
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN : ..Hiya Rick, I’m a bass-playing comedian, and fully understand that i’m going down an unusual route. I think i’ve got an identity quandary..I’m unsure whether i’m a comedian playing music, or a musician, playing comedy. Have you ever been in a similar situation RE the “role” that you see yourself in? If so, how did you resolve it? Many thanks, Chris
hey i was in the JaMC in 91-92. i blew everything to hell. And am yet crawling from the ashes of the flaming wreck life was for me. ok Ric Ruben (sp?) so, ididnt completely die, but i did.. AND I was nowhere, morr than now, even. and the original, the Contra of life, is still opposing my progress. .. i, we.. are winning, the balls of anxious lint, from space., have nowhere near the power, control and influence, on my life And they’re SCAIRT.. in the realization, come to pasa… like the prophets said long ago “You aint Heard the Last uh me BUB!” TOO bad for you..,
LOVE….7 PATTERN OF THE 1ST 10TH WHEEL AND 5 OF THE 3RD 10TH WHEEL….PEACE….4TH AND 1ST OF THE 1ST 7TH WHEEL AND 3RD AND 5TH AND 8TH OF THE 3RD 7TH WHEEL…..FALSE BAD CODDING AS A FALSE INVERSION……..ARWAN, NOT WAR, BUT BROKEN APART AT FREQUENCIES AND THEN LOOPED……USUALLY AT A FLAT….ALPHETA BANDRAY OF ORANGE
This was interesting but I think there’s one major flaw. The host seems to do about 80% of the talking. Questions need to be shorter, and rather than always go through the setting up of a background context for each new question, just follow a simple and natural line of questioning that explores what the guest has just told you. As it is, it’s very disjointed, so it’s hard to feel very involved in this long-form format.
I am increasingly intrigued by the “nature of Creativity”, so I was easily hooked when I stumbled upon it on my “conveyor belt” yesterday. Sad to report but I just wish the Host did more to elicit output from his Guest. This Guest/Host ratio of comments seemed 20/80 but I would have preferred 80/20 percent. Suggestion: Maybe simply ask more questions? Be more generous to Guest via editing? Etc This was my first ever taste of either (Huberman and/or Rubin), yet it felt the featured guest (and audience) were a bit shortchanged. (I do like the Host … but I’m sure it’s hard to suffer the thankless, unsung duties of being a great interviewer, etc.)
QEUSTIOON FOR RICK RUBIN: I’m a composer (film and for my own purposes). Would you say there is a benefit of learning the rules of writing and all that before breaking/bending them for creativity? Or just worry about the creativity while being aware of the rules you are breaking. Rules meaning what is commonly accepted as the way to write or a chord progression or voicing. Why? I’m sure what works varies from person to person as mentioned in the article, but what would be your take on what someone’s approach should be? Thanks for a great podcast guys!
SO LET’S SAY THE COMPOSER IS THREADING PATTERNS 368 OF 1ST 10TH WHEEL….3, 2 7 OF THE SECOND WHEEL AND 447 OF THE THIRD WHEEL….SO I GET HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF THE BEHAVIORS BEING SENT TO THE MEMORY CHIPS AND CARDS OF THE ANDROID REPLICANTS….ALSO WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, OR WILL RESEMBLE….AND IN WHAT REGIONS, WHAT MAGICS, ETC….NOT MAGIC, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND….
QUESTION FOR Rick Rubin: This might sound elementary and stupid to some. But I’ve been creating art on my own underground for a while. But I am afraid of putting myself out. I have thought of alias or some sort of anonymity. What should I do? Any and all suggestions are highly appreciated! Thank you 🙂
About The Beatles, it’s true, you had to be there at the time. I was about 4 when they came on The Ed Sullivan Show. I have three older brothers, the oldest being about 12 at the time, and I looked up to them. The Beatles took over our house. We sang Yellow Submarine in the car all the time…all 6 of us kids. My dad immediately cut my brothers hair short so they wouldn’t be like The Beatles because we were a strict Christian household. It didn’t work. Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix were coming down the road for us. But The Beatles were magical and the songs were innocent enough. And Ringo’s drums were so cool.
I bet anything that the comedy bit of Joe Rogan’s that Andrew mentions made everyone laugh at themselves. Everyone knew what was coming because it is something we choose not to look at. I say choose… Because we have to look deeper to see it. And when Joe leads everyone right into it, it is solidarity. And if it is something that is commonly believed to be shameful or embarrassing even better… Because it’s cathartic. We see it from a different perspective that we were not noticing. It’s healing when we laugh at it. Together. Great job Joe Rogan🎉
If Alex wants to expand his taste for music I would suggest he pick up an instrument or learn to sing better…. The more you truly understand what’s going into the music and develop your ear to hear certain subtleties, the more your perception of it changes for the better. And when that happens you can really feel it and engage in it more as a listener. As a drummer for over 10 years my taste for all types of music over the years vastly grew cause you can really have fun drumming to everything. Which then allows me to feel and connect with it more
First off I wasn’t to say I’m enjoying this interview, not only because it’s Rick Rubin, but also because it’s such a thoroughly intellectual interview. Amazingly introspective questions, but I’m starting to realize something about Andrew. He’s so analytical, that he tends to gravitate towards the drama, towards the music and ideas of things that are kinda polarizing and more opposite of what he goes along with it leans into. Just my observation. No judgement.
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QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN. If it’s not too late for a question I would ask something related to Hubermann’s tips about focus and creativity (places with high or no roof and the second part of the day make the brain more creative). I sometimes wake up at night having an idea for a new song, or some creative thoughts about other topics. In which environment and at what time did you have your greatest creatives ideas? And second question. When writing a song do you start with melody or strumming pattern/rhythm? Thank you Professor Hubermann. Great person with a great taste in music (talking about Rancid)
Nice fellas. But after 3hrs, what new morsels v knowledge can I take with me? Seems what was said, was ..well..obvious. Was hoping for original information. But then again, the creative process is as unique as the creation. Sometimes you recognize and replicate. And other times you realise the masterpiece is enriched by its flaws. My process begins with an inner voice. Slowly becomes driven by compulsion. Anxiety…to start. Compulsion.. to finish. Bliss in the middle. Sad at the end…almost. When engulfed in project, I feel connected…at myself.. purposeful. No time for it…too busy dieing for a paycheck that is both insufficient and insulting. Working physically too hard for my frame for years will cost me. I’m a 90lb woman v 58. Working maintenance for government housing authority. I fix stuff..But I cant afford to fix myself physically. Boss spends a fortune on bluecross but it excludes the only thing I need… dental. Raised 3 children..creatively..lol But now after all this is said, where was there time to starve for my art? I write..draw/paint…build/repair/remodel. Who knows what all, had I been able to hone my talents. Guess I was looking for… hell, who knows what. I just know, I’m choking on the unexpressed meaning v all this. I ache for peace. Thank you for your efforts to enlighten. It matters.
QUESTION FOR RICK RUBIN: being a fashion designer and creative direction for my clothing brand, how can one creatively build a world for my business that deeply resonates with a team? and with your versatile experience, how can I get my mission statement aware by people who are of great influence and collaboration to my vision via fashion?
wen i wuz 22 commited songwriter(no utube/comp.program 2 show u how).. my band all i thawt abt so change my brain took a college Art course…under pressure middle of my final part/painting exam felt blocked.paint + my songs!..my art teacher said ”try not to make the object instead paint the light acting upon it”a different perspective.That evening used same aproach with my songs….yeah!62 now an still works still finding sumthing new…neva made a penny!
How do I block these podcasts. Huberman is junk and keeps coming on my playlist. I’ve never watched such sycophantic, sold out and self-contradictory pop-science crap and it drives me nuts to keep heating this trash. Podcasters interviewing podcasters and horrendously bad science. Can anyone tell me how to change these preferences?
turn to Jesus Christ he loves all of us more than anything and he literally died for us. He took in the punishmrent for our sins thru on the cross. It wasn’t cuz we deserved it, but cuz he loved us. 1 John 4:10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” it was thru his love that he died for us and we can be forgiven
COMMENT FOR RICK RUBIN I believe that imagination is the birth of creativity coming from the desire of something that interests you and making it. Having the curiosity of how something can be used in a different way for something else and if it can’t, creating something to make it happen. Coming up with a solution to a problem internally or externally. Art could have been created by an individual to occupy time when there was nothing to do that allowed people to escape from reality. Almost like we use tv. Planes from someone who wanted to fly. Finding a way to take what’s in your head and manifesting into physical reality.