We recently came across this beautiful quote by John Hunt, from his wonderful book, 'The Art of the Idea'. Recommended reading.
Change the physical space you're in and your brain follows suit. I've noticed, in an absolutely literal sense, if you give people a distant horizon, their ideas are less short-term. If you're physically on top of the world, it's more difficult to think small, mean thoughts. A point of view is sometimes just exactly that. And by altering it, an enormous amount of stimuli is allowed in.
Source: The Art of the Idea. John Hunt. Pg 105