This is my secret weapon.

The most effective tool in my creative work and play (despite what the image may suggest, it's not Jesus, or at least not exactly).

I often have a chat with my subconscious, and ask it if it could please make sure to file away the thing I witness but may not have time to write down or photograph.

I don’t even bother asking my memory, it is a temperamental ghost. I have to rely on my subconscious to do most of the heavy lifting in my life.

For example, when I recently stood in an ancie…