Walking, running, cooking... In fact anything other than engaging with the creative task in hand, are known to aid creatively. The thing they have in common is

Walking, running, cooking... In fact anything other than engaging with the creative task in hand, are known to aid creatively. The thing they have in common is that they are all physical activities which requires little mental demand. These habits are the stock in trade of jobbing artists and designers. Many of my students in London art schools seem to believe that a short cut to creativity is drugs. What they are missing is the engagement of the body in the thinking/feeling process.