Our deepest pools of creativity flow within our minds. And yet most of us see only a trickle enter into the real world. Seldom do we ask ourselves where or why a bottleneck occurs. Instead, we accept as fact that which occurs, leaving for the future the questions that oppose what we experience as truth. But with creativity the solution seems to be simple. The obvious answer is that we do not clear our creative streams as frequently as we should for optimum flow. This activity is best undertaken through writing (creative writing, not necessarily structured). But clearing a stream won’t do anything if there isn’t water flowing. Increasing our creative supply comes from through intellectual consumption of all sorts; anywhere and everywhere we can find it. In the end, writing is what actually widens the banks of the stream, but intellectual consumption is what increases the volume that passes through it.
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