The Random Input

(p. 177)  "There is a creative focus where we need new ideas.  So we
obtain a word which has no connection whatsoever with the situation and
hold the two together."

Best suited to:
    stagnation--you think you have run out of ideas.
    blank sheet--you don't know where to start.
    additional ideas--you feel as if there are some other ideas out
there...
    blocked--there doesn't seem to be any way to progress

(p. 183)  "The general principle of the random input is the willingness
to look for unconnected inputs and to use these to open up new lines of
thinking."