Hello my dear ones,
Today I read a fascinating medical article that might perhaps surprise you a little bit at first glance. It explains to us with well-founded science why our brain absolutely needs true boredom in order to become profoundly creative at all. In our modern, extremely overstimulated world, boredom is all too often viewed as something very negative or even as completely wasted time. We immediately reach for our smartphone at the very slightest pause in order to instantly fill every tiny silence with new artificial information. But exactly this uninterrupted stimulation entirely robs us of the deep inner peace that our system so urgently needs for real healing.
The Overstimulated Nervous System and the Empty Space
When we uninterruptedly feed our brain with new stimuli, our highly sensitive nervous system finds itself in a permanent, completely invisible continuous stress. It must constantly process, sort, and evaluate data without any pause. True creativity, revolutionary ideas, and deep problem solving, however, never arise in absolute survival mode. They arise exclusively in the empty space strictly in between – in the moments when thoughts are allowed to wander completely aimlessly. If we take the courageous step to endure the silence and allow genuine boredom, the brain completely switches into its brilliant default mode network. Only out of this total relaxation can our mind completely restructure itself anew.
The Physical Peace for Our Highly Sensitive Feet
This profoundly deep neurological truth can be seamlessly transferred to our very own physical foundation. Just as our brain absolutely needs the empty space, our feet also urgently need a solid break from the constant, artificial overstimulation. When we force them day after day into tight, rigid plastic shoes with extreme cushioning and massive heels, we uninterruptedly send completely unnatural stress signals straight to our brain. The foot must permanently fight against this extremely tight corset. If, however, we give it shoes made of pure, entirely renewable raw materials with a wide toe box, we basically give it a healing, purely physical boredom. The foot is allowed to simply just be, completely breathe, and deeply ground itself absolutely undisturbed on the flat floor.
Stubborn Serenity in Complete and Utter Silence
Exactly this completely stubborn serenity is the absolute foundation for our greatest creative power. The consistent development of my very own, completely natural shoe materials never ever arises from pure hecticness, but exactly from this highly focused peace. We must urgently allow ourselves once again to view absolute silence not as a severe threat, but as our very strongest source of energy. Whoever easily manages to simply block out the loud noise of the world and stubbornly and calmly enjoy the pure boredom, shows their very own nervous system the absolute greatest respect. The best and healthiest paths of our entire lives always emerge exactly when we give our body and our mind the unconditional freedom to simply have to do absolutely nothing at all for once.
All the best,
Yours Jutta Arntz
JULION CENDARA ✨