"How did you think of that?" If you're the creative type you have probably heard that question numerous times. People are always curious about what sparks a particular idea. For me, most often, inspiration interrupts my sleep. I awake suddenly in the small hours with an idea already turning around in my mind.
Ideas shape and form themselves from one thing to the next while I sleep, morphing into this or that. Once the idea has concocted itself to its liking then it alerts me. A sort of creative alarm clock, if you will. I then toss and turn a bit, firm the idea up and make mental notes. I know from experience that the ideas which visit me in the night are the ones worth pursuing. Surprisingly, I do not forget them nor do I write them down. Nocturnal inspiration may carry on like this night after night for a couple of weeks. There are fruitful periods as well as dry spells but such is the mysterious ebb and flow of life.
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