Sidewise Gleam
Sidewise gleam, anyone?
I love this term, oft-used by author Maria Popova, to illuminate where our best ideas, solutions and meaning-making efforts arise from.
Yes, when we’re faced with a thinking task it is tempting to go directly to it. Focus. Zoom in. Think. Think. Think.
Instead when we take our mind off the problem at hand;
when we busy ourselves with another task;
when we least expect it,
the light will shine from a different direction.
The magic a-ha moment.
All is revealed.
It’s all the more reason to step away and see what the sidewise gleam might reveal this time, don’t you agree?!