The education of the imagination involves giving up what I call "ego" control. It requires an inclination to step into the unknown as well as the ability to persist when there is no end in sight. The ways of creation are often paradoxical. When you think there is nothing going on, something comes to you, and when you want something desperately, it's never there. Imagination thrives on the turning of tables, and its most successful products are often contrary to initial intentions.
— Shaun McNiff, Trust the Process