What Creates the Spark?

"Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye."

 

Don't know who said this, but it's really rolling around in my mind today.  I love the dichotomy of the wild mind and the disciplined eye.  Here's what I've been thinking, though. Both are impacted by junk and clutter and a lack of white space.  Is it even possible to maintain consistent creativity in the midst of chaos? 

Checklists, process and SOP are all tools tools of the concrete and sequential.  They're certainly not intuitive to me.  I'm learning more and more to use them. Here's why. I think they're tools that can be used by creatives like me to manage our worlds. 

That creates more space. White space.  More margin.  That allows our minds go off on wild goose chases. And it increases the likelihood that we can capture the connections between those random pieces of experience that make up our lives.

Those connections, I think, are critical.  It think that it's in these connections where creative thought and expression live and breath. 

HT to Jon for the quote.  Have a great week!