Creating a piece of legendary anything demands effort, to write you must slave over a keyboard for months, to paint means weeks crunched over an easel and even to bake a cake of such excellence that Paul Hollywood would wet himself means putting in the kitchen hours.
Oscar Wilde said that he spent all morning taking a comma out of his poem and all afternoon putting it back in but in this busy world you're not going to do that because you have other things to take care of. More important things such as watching Ghost Adventures. (That team sure do scream a lot for people who go out of their way to try and find spirits).
So if you are determined to be creative then lets see what science says should help you in your creative pursuits.
Scientists found that people who were tested during their least optimal time of day (when they were at their most tired) were more effective at solving puzzles that required creative thinking than when they were at their most alert and able to focus properly.
Despite what most people think, that whole "peace and quiet" thing isn't worth a dink when it comes to creativity. Science says what your creative process craves instead is a certain level of noise and distraction as your brain switches into high gear when it is forced to tune out moderate background noise.
Trying to boost your brain by listening to Thrash Metal will only hurt your creative process but being in love helps.
Throughout history, love has served as the inspiration for great works of art, poetry, songs and many other bursts of creative behavior and you don't actually have to be in love either, according to research, all you need to do is think about being in love to get you creative juices flowing.
Science therefore says to be at your most creative stay up late and get up early, flirt with the secretary/window cleaner and stop shouting at the kids to shut up.
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