Creating Without Thinking

I am on a life-long quest - a journey, to maximize my creative potential. It's a difficult journey and one I travel alone. The path is often overgrown with distractions and priorities. I need to make time to prepare so that when I travel on the road to my muse, I get there with as little effort as possible so that the creative process can begin.

So how can I "tap in" and more importantly, stay tapped in so that I can express myself as an artist - not from my intellectual mind but from a place where I shut my intellectual mind off (as much as possible) and create music from the impulses of emotion and experiences?

What would it be like if we heard music in the raw, un-edited state as it was created (before it is organized, filtered, embellished upon and in the end is packaged for consumption)? Is it possible to ride the creative river that flows in every songwriter without trying to take control over the direction of the water? What if we were able to not be a "writer" of the music but be the "first person" that has heard what you're playing. Instead of being in the driver's seat, you create music by capturing the music as it happens.

As I write (or in this case passenger) more music that is less organized in nice 3-4 minute packages that have a verse, chorus, bridge, etc., I'm finding new and exciting sounds and styles that keep my journey into the creative mind fresh and vibrant.

I don't want to replicate...I want to create.