I subscribe to a ListServ for the Chicago Critical Mass and I saw this post yesterday. And it got me thinking about how we, as individuals, spark creativity and come up with great ideas.

This is an excerpt from the posting:

One of my favorite musicians, Andrew Bird, is keeping a blog about the process of creating an album. I found this paragraph particularly insightful. The bike bit just sweetened the pot.

“I’ve spent most of the last year inside a tour bus. I’ve spoken more words to journalists than I have to my friends and family. All of this has kept me from what I realize now is my job, and that’s to daydream. Now I bring my bike on tour and ride every day. Wandering in an unfamiliar town, the rhythm of walking or riding and a few hours to kill is nearly the perfect recipe for a new idea.”

Perhaps this is the Heron he purchased at Boulevard Bikes.

That’s all he really wrote on that particular subject, but the whole text is here:

http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/

T.C.