Were you constantly bored as a child? Maybe that helped you to developyour ability to be creative.
Boredom can be a good thing for children, according to Dr Teresa Belton,researcher at the University of East Anglia ’s School of Education and LifelongLearning. After interviewing authors, artists and scientists in Britain, she’sreached the conclusion that cultural expectations that children should beconstantly active could block the development of their imagination.
British actress and writer Meera Syal grew up in a small mining village withfew distractions. The researcher said:“Lack of things to do urged her to talk topeople she wouldn’t otherwise have engaged with and try activities she wouldn ’under other circumstances, have experienced, such as talking to elderly neighborsand learning to bake cakes.”
Belton added: “Boredom made her write. Meera Syal kept a diary from ayoung age, filling it with observations, short stories, poems. ”
The researcher didn’t ignore the old saying the devil finds work for idlehands, though. Belton pointed out that young people who don ’t have the interiorresources to deal with boredom creatively may end up smashing up bus sheltersor taking cars out for a joyride.
How about watching TV and videos on the computer? The researcherbelieves that nothing replaces standing and staring at things and observing yoursurroundings.
It’s the sort of thing thatstimulates the imagination, she said, while thescreen “tends to short circuit that process and the development of creativecapacity. ”Dr Belton concluded: “For the sake of creativity, perhaps we need to slowdown and stay offline from time to time. ”
11. Dr Teresa Belton did her research by_____.
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