i had this realization yesterday while swimming

I have come to the realization that creativity requires more 'lead time' and more 'down time' than other pursuits. Sure you can try to try to force the creative juices to flow 'starting now!' or 'in the next 30 minutes' or in the cracks of time between tasks, but to no great results.There must be moments when you are simply walking along and pondering and doing nothing more than nothing, so that