Spend several minutes speaking gibberish and see what happens. You will feel your mind freeing up. You will feel released. You may not be able to stop.

Silly is one of most powerful creativity inducers you have. Hey, reader-kreader, get silly-pilly now.

And Today . . .

I have a friend who is a comic and character actor, and a master of gibberish. A fun kind of friend to have. He is also a jazz musician. He introduced me to amazing activity of scatting.

Jazz musicians improvise with their instruments. Some jazz singers improvise in a certain way with their instruments, their vocal cords. They scat. Scatting is like gibberish set to music. They sing nonsense syllables. When you hear scatting, you hear a kind of freedom and often some playfulness.

Yep, that’s your “assignment” for today -- scatting. Get out your favorite music and scat to it. Get your whole body involved. Scat at top of your lungs and below a whisper. Let neighbors hear (or co-workers, if appropriate). Then scat so softly you can barely hear it. Mess around, scat around, play around.

When you are not near music, scat to songs in your head.

Scat no less than fifteen minutes today, preferably much more. Scatter your scatting throughout day. You will enjoy that freedom after you jump in and do it. Break silly barrier and try it. What have you got to lose?

You will dissolve some ruts in your brain and some furrows in your brow. And scatting can be very aerobic when you bring your body along.

What a LULU (Loosen Up, Lighten Up) day this is going to be. _____________________________________ Publishing Guidelines: You have permission to publish this article as long as resource box is included. Please let me know of its publication by sending either a website link or a courtesy copy of your publication to mailto:Stephanie@allen-nichols.com Thank you very much.