Could reading absurd stories help you be more creative?
It would be in line with the famous quote from Alice in Wonderland.
Alice says, "One can't believe impossible things," but the Queen retorts, "When I was your age I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!"
A study showed that people who read an absurd short story by Franz Kafka were better able to recognize hidden patterns in a puzzle than the control group.
When you need some creative stimulation, read some nonsense verse or an absurd story. Alice in Wonderland is a great one, but there are lots of others. One of my favorites is The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brienn. If your taste runs darker, there's The Metamorphosis by Kafka, or for dark humor try The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain.
