Creativity Now, 2nd Edition

Create your space

THE PRINCIPLE

Having a dedicated space feeds your creative mood

I hope that, like me, you have a great home office or study, lined with bookshelves with one of those ladders that goes around on a rail, a roaring fireplace, a view of the Thames, and of course a manservant who brings you chocolate when he intuits that your creative energy is flagging.

All right, I lied. I don’t have a view of the Thames.

Or a few of the other things. At this stage I am lucky enough to have a nice home office, but at other points I’ve had to make do with a desk in front of the window of my living room, and, once, a tiny table in a room that flooded whenever it rained.

Some set-ups are better than others, obviously, but here’s the important ...