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But in the end, yeah, it often leads you to the real solutions by using the most unusual associations and combinations, yeah.

Well, we don't really know.

And the unconscious doesn't do it all the time, unfortunately.

It only does so occasionally.

But when your unconscious comes up with a solution to something, occasionally it's just perfect.

There's no interference of consciousness.

It's just sort of truth arriving in its purest form.

And you see it in many, many different areas, not just in science.

And if you look at popular music, what you see is that if you look at bands or musicians, the song that is written most rapidly is also the most famous.

And with poetry, it's the same thing.

Some of the best poems were written in five or ten minutes.

And Picasso, when he painted, he would immediately stop if he felt that he was thinking about it too much.

He was thinking consciously.

It would just have to occur naturally to him.

And if it didn't occur naturally anymore, he would just stop.

So yeah, there's something about the unconscious that it can come up with something that is very pure, very beautiful.

Unfortunately, not every day, but it occasionally happens, yeah.

This is Luca.

Yeah, her song Luca.

I remember watching a documentary about her on Dutch television.