As children, we don't think about what we do or why we do it. We're driven by natural curiosity about the world, being fully present and surrendering to whatever comes our way.
As we grow up, we're taught to use our thinking mind - to interpret, judge, think, plan, and compare. We stop being fully present and instead start to think about the world and our actions.
There are certainly positive effects to this evolution, as it helps us function as part of a social group. However, it also limits our natural creative power.
The moment we start to think about something we're creating is when we incrementally move from the natural flow state of creation to a blocked state. We attach expectations, judgments, needs for approval, and comparisons to our work. This becomes the biggest limiting factor in creating good work.
From my experience as a creative, the best work happens almost magically when we let go, detach from the thinking mind, and tap into this child-like quality of following our curiosity without doubt - simply because we don't know any better.
To create our best work, we need to let go of the limitations of the thinking mind and rediscover our present, curiosity-driven state. In doing so, we open ourselves up to what may come into existence