Are we making to a recipe or creating in the 'flow' and does it matter which? And does this impact its aesthetics at all?

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This question has held particular interest for me as a maker, artist, and mother of five children, with a 15-year background in Personal Training and Yoga. What exactly is the 'creative flow,' and is it a distinct part of the brain that becomes active when we experience it? In my view, being in a 'thinking state' cannot access your creative part of the brain, as it involves knowledge, structure, and reasoning. For me, the creative flow lacks these elements because it originates from an instinctive place—free from inhibition or rationality. Its foundation is knowledge, but its manifestation and emergence are spontaneously reactive to the present moment—how one line connects to another, and how color and texture relate to one another in the present, evolving like a narrative responding to a storyline.