TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Nathan Bowers:

Have you ever noticed that when you sit down at a computer to write something, it’s hard to start and hard to maintain momentum? Meanwhile, you get in the shower and it’s like the hot water unclogs your brain and you need a soap crayon so you don’t lose any ideas.

I’ve come to believe that the root of all creativity is improvisational: noodling, doodling, broad strokes… the surfacing of ideas. The best tools for this are tangible: index cards, whiteboards, spiral bound notebooks, weathered guitars, and long walks with a tape recorder.

(Via Harold Emsheimer.)