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Everybody has their quirks and creative types are no exception. From a bestselling author who overcomes writer s block by hanging upside-down to one 18th-century poet who found rotting fruit to be a source of inspiration, here are the strange habits of six famous writers and artists.
1. Salvador Dalí s Hypnagogic Habits
Salvador Dalí saw naps as one of his most important tools for productivity. But it wasn t just a matter of trying to get more rest; instead, the artist honed his creative side by harnessing the power of the hypnagogic state the moment right before you fall asleep. Think of it like being in a brief state (lasting maybe a second or so) between consciousness and dreaming, where strange new ideas can come to you while you re still aware enough to remember them. For a surrealist painter like Dalí, these creative visions helped fuel his work.
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