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 in 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 newspapers and on television.