This reminded me of a strategy that Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí utilized to facilitate creativity. They would sit in a chair while holding a metal object an

This reminded me of a strategy that Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí utilized to facilitate creativity. They would sit in a chair while holding a metal object and allow themselves to fall asleep. Imagination and creativity flourished during the cross over from wakefulness into sleep; then, when they'd fallen asleep, the metal object would fall from their hands onto the floor waking them up and recording any useful creativity.