Chapter 7. FEELING BETTER
"Being creative is not only about thinking: it is about feeling."
Being creative is not a purely intellectual process. It may draw on all areas of human consciousness: on feelings, intuitions and being playfully imaginative, as well as on knowledge and practical skills. Creativity often taps into areas of consciousness that are not regulated by conscious thought. Our best ideas sometimes come to mind without our thinking consciously about them at all. If we can't work something out, it is often better to sleep on a problem or put it to the 'back of our minds' where our subconscious mulls it over in ways that we can't control and may deliver a solution to us unbidden. Feelings, hunches, subconscious perceptions and intuitions ...
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