<<It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an
absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float and
wander and roam, time for the individual to descend into the depths
of his or her psyche, to be available to barely audible signals
rustling for attention. Long periods of time may pass in which
nothing seems to be happening. But we know that kind of space must
be created if the mind is to leap out of its accustomed ruts, to
part from the mechanical, the known, the familiar, the standard, and
generate a leap into the new.>>

I think this idea is not new, and I may have read it somewhere at
some point. I've often been concerned that a lot of innovations (at
least in history) have been made by men and not women. Of course,
some people claim that it's proof that men are
better/superior/smarter. But this quote reminded me that throughout
much of history, women just didn't have the leisure time that men
did.
Men had their basic needs taken care of. Someone cooked for them,
washed their clothes, etc. Hey, if I had a traditional wife, I could
get lots of stuff done, too. :-)

Marcy