creativity and the wandering mind

Showers, walks and other actives to spar creativity.

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“How many things can you do as successfully in the shower as you can while you’re at your desk?” he said.

But those spontaneous thoughts in the shower had another advantage: They were more likely to be “aha” experiences — modern Archimedes-in-the-bathtub Eureka moments — that overcame a creative impasse.

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