“From one second to the next, everything can change - a reminder of the creative, even life-shaping power hidden in tiny moments, for better or worse. But how can we be intentionally creative in just a few seconds? Some people master it - interpreters, boxers, even artists. And surprisingly, so do we, in everyday actions like tying our shoes or locking the door. What’s behind it? Listen to my new episode.”
“When everything changes from one second to the next” is a common phrase that expresses moments of important encounters or fateful events. It highlights the creative - even life-changing - potential that lies dormant within even the smallest units of time, both in a positive and a negative sense.
But being intentionally creative in just a few seconds - how is that even possible?
Some experts develop extraordinary skills when they have to react very quickly - simultaneous interpreters, boxers, or even artists.
Interestingly, even some of the brief everyday actions we perform almost unconsciously - such as tying our shoes or locking the door - are based on the same phenomenon. What could it be? Listen to my new episode.
Sources:
About Elvira Hufschmid:
BAS. (2017). Out of the Blue. From the Provisional to Improvisation. International Symposium, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. https://www.udk-berlin.de/forschung/bas/aktuelles/out-of-the-blue-vom-provisorium-bis-zur-improvisation/.
About Elvira Hufschmid (in german):
Margit Schild (2025): Improvisation und Kreativität in Zeitkrisen, oder: Macht (Zeit-)Not erfinderisch? Ein Anstoß zur Diskussion, in:
Dürkop-Henseling, L.; Horwitz, M; Späte, K. (Hrsg.): Sozialwissenschaftliche Beobachtungen von Krisen, Perspektiven, Instrumente und Erfahrungen. Reihe Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis, herausgegeben vom Berufsverband Deutscher Soziologinnen und Soziologen e. V., Recklinghausen, Springer, Wiesbaden, S. 421
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