Intro from Jay Allison: Transom is happy to feature another video from our friend and former student, the tall Canadian Andrew Norton. This one is about The Creative Mysteries. It’s full of voices—including some radio storytellers, along with David Lynch, Chuck Close, Susan Orlean, my 7-year-old son, and others. The video poses the question of its title, “Where Do Ideas Come From?” and the answering words and images will stick with you, blinking on and off in your brain, while you try to come up with an idea yourself. You may even be invigorated by the reminder that it’s mostly up to you. Ideas are everywhere. You just have to notice them.
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Cliché Busting
The “ah-ha” moment is a well-worn cliché (and so is the term “well-worn cliché”). Some unsuspecting person suddenly struck with an idea. A bit of inspiration arriving like a lunch your mom packed you. It could be a scientific theory, a screenplay, a way to end that stupid podcast episode you can’t…
