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Ever got told to “sleep on it” when a situation became too hard to handle? Or as the French say “la nuit porte conseil<\/em>“, which roughly translates as ‘the night will bring you council’. But what can you do when you just can’t sleep and you spend the whole night tossing and turning in your bed? Here we delve a little into what goes into A Good Night’s Sleep<\/em> and on how to peacefully fall into Morpheus’ arms. Here’s some help where it’s needed for not only a good night’s rest but also the calming of busy minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many resources have shown over the years that sleep has a real virtue on our bodies, and how the idea of ‘the sleeping beauty’ is real. But what is the relationship between the brain, its creativity and sleep? If sleeping beauty is a thing then does sleeping creativity <\/em>exist? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If we look at it in a creative way, we do know that many artists have faced sleeping issues. Many find that ‘her ladyship’ the creative muse chooses to arrive as she wishes, not as and when she may be required. Creatives across the worlds of music to acting, design to architecture suffer from a mind alive and buzzing when all the body wants to do is sleep. To name but two artists, Louise Bourgeois and Vincent Van Gogh both suffered from severe insomnia. For them getting a good night’s sleep didn’t do much harm to their creativity but surely for a short time only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Vincent Van Gogh, his inspiration from memories of sleepless nights can be seen in The Starry Night<\/em>. The painting depicts the view from Vincent’s room from the asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, where he stayed for one difficult year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The<\/em> Starry Night<\/em> (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As for Louise Bourgeois, she directly made art when she had insomniac’s episodes. From November 1994 to June 1995, she created 220 pieces called Insomnia Drawings<\/em> from nights when she couldn’t sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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