Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Swim, Bike, Run Toward Creativity

Scientists are proving what people out doing it already know: Exercise feeds the creative process. “Fred Lebow, founder of the New York City Marathon, once told an interviewer that whenever a great idea came during a run, he'd grab a twig and scratch it in the Central Park dirt. He'd go back later to recover his notes.” My admittedly more primitive method is to try to remember the idea. (Don’t need no fancy twigs.)