Flexibility is a requirement for survival.
It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.
Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what's funny about what you're doing.
If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.
Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.
It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outside areas, or under the influence of any of the other mental locks.