Anyone interested on the topic of creativity and the ways to 'channel' it, should watch this extremely relevant (and funny) video made by one of the members of Monty Python (John Cleese).
The points he makes and the relevance to anything creative makes this worth your time a x100 over.
Seconded. I actually included a few of his arguments in a talk I gave for writers on preparing for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) last year. I didn't belabor his point where he said you need time, though, because, well, during Nanowrimo you don't really have time.
We have 30 days of time for NaNoWriMo. That's a lot of time! Can get a lot done in that amount of time, or get nothing done, depending on how the time is occupied.
My favorite things about creativity were Robert Rodriguez's book "Rebel Without a Crew" about making El Mariachi for $7,000. He is a total cheerleader for DOING THAT CREATIVE THING RIGHT NOW.
Also, Kevin Smith really hammered this home in one of his recent Q&As, but I can't remember which one. It was really encouraging and beautiful, though.
The points he makes and the relevance to anything creative makes this worth your time a x100 over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMj_CFPHYc