Take a break and incubate
Novelist Agatha Christie thought the best time to write was while washing the dishes.
Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, did much of her creative thinking while golfing.
Grant Wood, painter of American Gothic, said, “All of the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.”
Welcome to the wonderful world of incubation. That’s the step of the creative process where you take your eye off the ball and let the back of your mind work on your project for awhile.
Then comes the miraculous moment when your brain presents a brilliant idea fully formed — aka the Eureka! or Ah-ha! moment.
Where did that brilliant idea come from? I don’t know. It’s all part of the magical and mysterious juju of the creative process. And it only happens when take a break and incubate.
Because sometimes stepping back is more effective than plowing through.
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