"The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty and boredom. Those have always been where creative ideas come from."
"The delete button makes it so that anything you're unsure of you can get rid of, so nothing new has a chance. Writing by hand is a revelation for people."
"If you're bored, what do you draw? And everybody has something they draw. Like 'Oh yeah, my little guy, I draw him.' Or 'I draw eyeballs, or palm trees.'"
Lynda Barry, a cartoonist and educator, required participants at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to surrender their phones during a lecture. She believes that writing by hand fosters creativity, as the delete button on devices prevents new ideas from forming. Barry emphasizes the importance of boredom in the creative process, suggesting that doodling is a natural response to it. She encourages people to embrace their boredom and explore their creative instincts through drawing, regardless of their artistic skills.
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