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===Sleep and relaxation=== Some advocate enhancing creativity by taking advantage of [[hypnagogia]], the transition from wakefulness to sleep, using techniques such as [[lucid dreaming]]. One technique used by [[Salvador Dalí]] was to drift off to sleep in an armchair with a set of keys in his hand; when he fell completely asleep, the keys would fall and wake him up, allowing him to recall his mind's subconscious imaginings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://almostbohemian.com/sleep/ |title=Sleep without Sleeping « Almost Bohemian |website=almostbohemian.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513072813/http://almostbohemian.com/sleep |archive-date=2011-05-13}} </ref> [[Thomas Edison]] used the same technique, with [[ball bearing]]s.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2008/05/st-napping/ | title=Geeks Take Their Cue from Thomas Edison's Napping Technique| magazine=Wired| date=2008-05-19}}</ref>
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