Robert Weisberg's book "Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius" revolutionized my understanding of creativity. Now I see the mainstream view of the Genius creator struck by the muse as over-romanticized, whereas people who history has called genius work in a more structured fashion.<p>I recommend his book to anyone who creates or wants to create more. He doesn't tell you how to think, but you can figure it out. He reveal how myths confuse things and could send you down unproductive paths.<p>I talk about it more here -- <a href="http://joshuaspodek.com/creativity" rel="nofollow">http://joshuaspodek.com/creativity</a>
I'm not too sure about the left/right brain aspect (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemisphere#Hemisphere_lateralization" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemisphere#Hemisphere_...</a>) but I agree with switching between logical and intuitive ways of looking at a problem, and immersing then allowing insight to come of its own accord.<p><i>It is by logic we prove,
it is by intuition that we invent</i> <a href="http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Poincare.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Poincare.html</a>