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As I sift through my favorite e-newsletter, Cool News from Reveries.com, my mind floated off to weekend plans.  That is until I came across this article that assured me that if I concentrate correctly, I could actually channel this mind wandering into creative simmering.   Day Dreaming classes anyone?

The thing is, you’re usually not aware that your mind is wandering, clinically known as “zoning out.” Dr. Jonathan Schooler, of the University of California observes that we think we always know what’s going in our minds, but sometimes we don’t, and the epsiode can last as long as two minutes. But the key to creative reverie, according to Dr. Schooler, is to be aware of it, so that you can “catch the idea when you have it,” noting, “If Archimedes had come up with a solution in the bathtub but didn’t notice the idea, what good would it have done him?”