Creativity 301 TRY ANSWERING IN YOUR OWN TIME Another famous, but clichéd, problem is of you to draw four straight lines through these nine points without lifting the pen from the paper. Can you do it? TRY ANSWERING IN YOUR OWN TIME I won't put the answers here, or even a hint. It’s quite famous and many of you will be familiar with them. The answers are buried on the website, and for those of you who already know the solution, there are some alternative problems. If you can’t immediately solve a problem, think about it overnight. It’s worth seeing what your brain will do while you are asleep! The Science of Creativity The first person to theorize about the creative process was Graham Wallas, the co-founder of the London School of Economics. In his book The Art of Thought, he proposed a five-step model for creative thinking. First preparation, when you become fully acquainted with the problem and its domain. Then incubation; walk the dog or make a cup of tea. After the meditative incubation phase you may get a gut feeling that a solution is on its way. Wallas called this third step intimation. It’s left out of many modern versions of his theory, but I think it’s an important step. Shortly HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015991