Creativity is like sex. You fumble your way through, you get lost in it, you fall in love. Both are passionate, rhythmic, pleasurable, and flowing. Both can bear fruit. And both can rack your soul with vulnerability, bliss, fear and awkwardness.

See the full post for a long list of things to spark creativity. I generally find such lists to be trite, but it doesn't mean they're not useful. I particularly like this one because it includes some input from Merlin Mann.