Sound impossible? Well, then, try making jewellery while lying on the couch, drinking a coffee, driving...
Some of the most fruitful creative moments don't occur at the bench. Why? As Einstein said: 'Creativity is the residue of time wasted'. When we are relaxed we are focused inward toward unexpected connections. This work takes place in the right hemisphere of our brain. This hemisphere is uniquely able to make unique associations that lead us to those eureka moments. There are problems that our analytical left hemisphere can not solve.
So true! I always have those aha moments when I am doing nothing, or when sleeping.
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