Let's begin with an interesting anecdote to understand how a successful outcome arose out of an illogical and intuitive process. During military manoeuvres in the Swiss Alp, a young lieutenant sent his reconnaissance unit into the icy wilderness of the Alps. Unexpectedly, it started to snow for two whole days and the unit did not return. The lieutenant was so upset that he had been foolish to send his men so unprepared.
On the third day, the unit returned safely. What a miracle! What happened? Well, they were lost and were sure their end was near. They pitched a camp, and suddenly one of them found a map in his pocket. Using the map, they found their way out.
The relieved lieutenant asked to see the map. To his astonishment, it was not a map of the Swiss Alps, but of the Pyrenees! So much for a logical explanation how they solved the problem. It would appear that when you are lost, any old map will do, so long you feel that it offers you possible alternatives. Whenever left brain does not have any access to its tools, the right brain comes to your rescue.
In the 1950s, Caltech professor Roger Sperry reshaped our understanding of of the functioning of human brains - the so-called less-valuable or subordinate right brain is the superior member when it comes to certain types of mental tasks: patterns, relationships, art, music, holistic appreciation and emotive interpretations.
