Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties Immersion/Illumination-creative intervention/risk Revision-conscious structuring and editing of creative material.
Source: In Artists in Quotation, by Donna Ward La Cour, 1989.
-- Gail Sheehy, (Nov 27 1937-____), US writer, journalist, editor; She is best known for Pathfinders: Predictable Crises of Adult Life, 1976.