When and where do you do your best thinking?
Spend five minutes thinking about nothing at all. Empty your mind of all thought. Do not think. Feel. Let the breeze caress your cheek. Allow your fingers to discover new textures. Inhale the scent of the morning and let it graze your nostrils unrestrained. Bite into an apple and listen to its juices sizzle under your tongue.
Let go. Don’t be afraid. When the moment is over, the words will come back to you with renewed vigour. Alive. Too often we forget to allow our senses to take hold and speak in a language other than the one we are accustomed to. This is the place. Now is the time. Feel, and your best thinking will follow.
About this image: My senses amplified tenfold, I searched for something that would capture the moment and remind me of it in the years to come. An unlikely flower to attract a passers-by attention on a hot autumnal afternoon, yet to me it seemed a most beautiful and fragile offering.
vic briggs 
I underestimated the power of mental silence for years, still don’t do enough of it. It’s like the answers are in me, if I just listen. Perhaps that’s why people say they come up with good ideas in the shower, because they’re forced to stop. Thanks 🙂
Thank you, Susan. My mind is usually in overdrive so I have to trick it now and then into taking a break. When I manage it, the result is always better than expected and I find it to be always a rewarding experience.
Overdrive = creative 🙂