Where does creativity come from?

I stared at my screen for a long time tonight trying to figure out what angle I wanted to pursue for my keynote at the upcoming Science Expo conference.

Eventually, I came to a revelation about myself. A eureka moment. A concept that will be the basis of my talk. A random spark of creativity that I sat here all night waiting for.

And it’s wonderful that it happened, but I can’t help but ask myself – how did it happen? Where did this idea that I never considered before suddenly come from?

I’m trying to recall what I was thinking at the time that led to it. Why? Because I want to recreate that moment again – I want more sparks of creativity!

But how I got there has eluded me. And maybe it’s supposed to. It’s called sparks of creativity for a reason, right?

Epilogue

Oh right, you probably want to know what suddenly came to me. Crap, I can’t say. Saving it for the talk! See you there? =)