How might making use of each of the following help overcome blocks to creative problem solving?

■ watching a magician at work

■ going to the theatre or the cinema

■ family outings

■ visits to junkyards

■ mixing with or talking to different people – perhaps people whose value systems are different from your own

■ day-dreaming to a sound-effects record

■ free association to music

■ browsing around flea markets

■ scanning old science magazines

■ reading historical accounts

■ reading wants ads

■ indulging in or watching sport

■ studying new subjects through introductory-level books

■ following the news – in the newspapers and on television