For most people space is a rare commodity. It helps if you can secure a physical location to do your creative work, but that is not always possible. If you equip yourself with the bare essentials to do your work, you shouldn’t need much more than a calm spot to get started.
For some people a crowded commuter train can offer the space and time needed to work on their portable devices. Whether that’s actively putting something together or reading, listening to podcasts or watching filmed content; the commuter has occupied a creative conceptual space that takes her/him away from the drudgery of repetitive travel and into the world of the imagination.
Others might need solitude and a quiet spot to concentrate. Parks, gardens and sheds are popular locations for contemplation and creative endeavours. For others, the very beauty of such a location is distracting and they need the background hum of traffic or conversation as the screen for their own thoughts.
I find libraries very useful resource centres. Sometimes I will stumble across a book by accident if I am scanning the shelves in the Languages or Philosophy sections on my way to the more familiar ground of Novels by Author. A chat with an affable librarian might spark some suggested reading or alert me to some forthcoming cultural event. But as a place for me to read productively, or simply lose myself in the narrative, no.
I favour pubs and cafés with gardens and shade. But each to her/his own. Good luck finding your own space.
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