QUARANTINE CREATIVITY
Years ago a French engineer, Monsieur Ferdinand De Lesseps, was refused permission to leave his ship on the Mediterranean Sea for a period of time, because he was supposed to be in quarantine. This was tedious for him because he was an active individual. But he used his time well during the enforced restriction, reading and studying with extra concentration. And this led to his new conception, to his dream of constructing a great canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. In the case of De Lesseps, a period of frustration was the cradle for the most creative thing he ever did, the planning of the Suez Canal. Taken from Creative Waiting, by Richard Bewes, Decision, January, 1988
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