Chan was working on a painting of the golden gate bridge. he was almost done but was st a loss for ideas on the shade to use for the outer horizon in his painting. he took a break from his work and came back to it after a few weeks. chan is in the stage of the creative process

Chan is in the third stage of the creative process called insight. The creative process has five stages: preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation and elaboration. The third process, insight, is the most relevant part of the process even though it’s probably the shortest one. In this stage, artists who have a blockade, resolve it ("Aha moment") by stepping aside of work and doing some low-level activities (like taking a walk, shower, break etc.).