Have you ever had a sudden inspiration? The proverbial “Aha” experience?
These “insight moments” tend to happen when you’re not actively working on a problem—they come to you when you least expect it. You might be exercising, gardening, or taking a shower. (For me, they always come when I’m listening to a lecture on a completely different topic.) Ideas come at these surprising times because of incubation—when you take time off from work, it frees up your conscious mind and allows your subconscious mind to “incubate” on the problem.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Enhancing Creative Incubation | Psychology Today
