Rick Rubin's Creative Process | Rick Rubin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Let's say this um relates to an amazing uh chapter and series of writings in your book that I'm not going to describe because I want people to find it for themselves about disengaging , about disengaging from the process . One question I had as I read that chapter and as you're saying this now is even though you're disengaged , do you believe that your subconscious is working it through that ? I believe so , I believe so .

Rick Rubin's Creative Process | Rick Rubin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So instead of working on project A for five hours and then leaving and doing nothing , I'm hoping to engage in a project B or BC and D with all of myself before going back to project A again , which might be the next day . Let's say this um relates to an amazing uh chapter and series of writings in your book that I'm not going to describe because I want people to find it for themselves about disengaging , about disengaging from the process . One question I had as I read that chapter and as you're saying this now is even though you're disengaged , do you believe that your subconscious is working it through that ?

Rick Rubin's Creative Process | Rick Rubin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

And in the best of situations , I have something else to totally engage myself in , in between . So instead of working on project A for five hours and then leaving and doing nothing , I'm hoping to engage in a project B or BC and D with all of myself before going back to project A again , which might be the next day . Let's say this um relates to an amazing uh chapter and series of writings in your book that I'm not going to describe because I want people to find it for themselves about disengaging , about disengaging from the process .

Rick Rubin's Creative Process | Rick Rubin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

How do you clear the static , what , what are some of the operational steps that you think might be more um generalisable to regardless of where somebody in , you know , um Africa is listening to this . Now , when I , when I engage in a particular project , whatever it is , I , I dedicate all of myself for that period of time , whatever it is , whether it be uh 20 minutes or whether it be five hours , whatever it is , um total focus and no um outside distraction whatsoever . And when I leave that process , I do my best not to think about it when I'm away from it .

Rick Rubin's Creative Process | Rick Rubin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

I don't bring any materials with me . I don't leave the studio with works in progress and spend time listening to them during the day or looking for ideas . I , I stay as far away from it when I'm not directly engaging in it as possible .