TRUTH 25
Embrace nephelococcygia
If you have never come across the word nephelococcygia before, it means cloud watching. Remember cloud watching? You look at shapes in the sky and notice how they remind you of other things. “There’s a snake. That one’s a bicycle.” Then, in a whiff of wind, your cloud is transformed into something completely different and you see it anew. Cloud watching is expansive, imaginative and ever changing. Creative thinking can be a lot like cloud watching. You should be able to see things in one way and then be prepared to see them in a completely different way moments later. This ability allows you to expand your thoughts so that you can develop the best possible creative answer.
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