Adventures in Ideaspace

Leonard Cohen photographed by Istvan Bajzat

The poet and musician Leonard Cohen was once asked where he found inspiration. He paused for a moment. And then, in that rich, deep, whisky and tobacco stained voice of his replied, “Well, if I knew where the great songs come from I’d go there more often.” It’s one of the curious things about the creative process that our best ideas can arrive unbidden, when we’re least expecting them, seemingly out of nowhere. And there’s something magical about…