First, I believe my method of thinking may have confused people. When I think, I tend to reach out to where my mind and subconscious wants to go, within 'Reason'; I do not force it. This often creates a very chaotic view of my ideas; this is part of the challenge that I always face; putting my ideas into coherent form and organizing them in an understandable, analytical way. I'd say I'm doing a fairly good job at it considering, but occasionally it creates problems of miscommunication.
Second, all of your comments are very helpful; it brings to light issues that I may have missed before. I appreciate your input.
I suppose I should define 'Intuition' more clearly, if at all possible at the moment.
Intuition is more of a 'Feeling' than any actual thought process. I suppose it could be the subconscious 'thinking', but it doesn't seem so. Do you 'Think' about what you are going to feel in a given situation? I say it is more 'Perceiving' than 'Thinking', because you never really 'think' about it, your subconscious 'perceives', and then reacts. Thinking is more analytical anyways; the process of putting information into a specific order or manner, and reaching an outcome based on this. Your subconscious really 'Feels' more than it 'Thinks'.
This is why I have attributed Art to the subconscious as well, as it has the same sort of 'Feeling', and way of perceiving. Drawing a good tree does not have the same effect as a piece of art, as drawing a tree with 'Feeling'; you must let your mind and 'Soul' open up to the experience, and allow it to draw upon it as it will.
The reason why I believe it may be apart of the subconscious, is because it is accessed in much the same way. It also has the same sort of 'Feeling' to it; that feeling as if it is just on the edge of your 'Consciousness', able to be touched, but not grasped; one can listen to it, but not force it to say anything; this is when your conscious takes over.
When one feels intuition speaking, a a persons first reaction is often either to ignore it, or attempt to grasp it, and force it to say what it wants to. But as I said, it cannot be grasped. You kind of have to cease all conscious thought for the moment, let your mind relax as the voice is speaking, and it will continue what it has to 'say'. The exact same process goes for art.
In regards to dreams, they do play an important role in the subconscious. If our subconscious self was not remaining active throughout the night, and our conscious selves are not either, then how would we be able to continue to 'Think' throughout the night? Furthermore, how would we dream? But the subconscious does not really 'Think', as it is an abstract thought process, not an analytical one. This is where dreams come into play; those pictures or 'Videos' that play on throughout the night.
Nightmares, another form of dreams, are often brought about by deeply inlaid fears, or Anxiety. But 'Irrational fears', such as things that go 'Bump' in the night, are made of the imagination; the same thing art is brought about by; a person with an active imagination can do art a lot easier and better than one without. This implies that Irrational fears are stored, or perceived, in the subconscious.
I have been pondering dreams as well. They are usually abstract pictures, or also quite often non-abstract pictures put into an abstract order; most dreams don't realistically make sense. This is what dream interpreters do; they make sense of those abstract pictures for the average person, although even they would not know exactly what many persons dreams represented, because dreams are based on the persons perception of the world and their daily life.
When we are sleeping, we are not 'Conscious', but our subconscious continues throughout the night, in the form of dreams. Perhaps when we are sleeping, and when our conscious selves have no effect or control over how our subconscious works or perceives; when our conscious selves do not twist the subconscious 'Voice' into a more desirable thing according to its whims, we are able to retrieve that supposedly lost information. Maybe 'Information' and 'Art' are stored in two separate places in our minds, according to which aspect of our Selves is perceiving it?
When we are conscious, and using our 'conscious' aspect of ourselves, we often block out the subconscious voice. Perhaps when we are sleeping, and actively using the subconscious aspect of our Selves, those particular aspects of our memories come easier to us, resulting in us waking up in the middle of the night with a sudden inspiration. Your conscious self may be no longer trying to tackle the problem, but your subconscious continues on throughout the night. Because it is not 'Forced', our minds would not tire from this form of 'Thinking', and so could work throughout the night with little or no problem.
The old saying "Let me sleep on it" comes to mind.
Tell me, in your experience, how easy is it to consciously think throughout the night, and remain asleep? And if you do do this, how tired are you in the morning? What happens when "A lot is on your mind"? I personally find it hard to get to sleep; to shut the conscious part of me down, because, with its pressing problems, it wants to remain active throughout the night.
'what is intuition for?'
Anything that doesn't require solely Analytical thought and perception?
What can be the objects of intuition. Perhaps, job security, personal relationships, those to do with one's home, country, etc., etc.
If the above is correct, then it would follow that the objects of intuition could be anything that the subconscious can relate to. This can be a relation that is solely to The subconscious, or a mixture of the subconscious and the conscious, depending on how much 'Thought' s required to come to a conclusion or proper perception.
You will notice that other animals, for example, birds, do not use instinct. They rely on the ability to move their head and eyes quickly, looking out for possible danger.
Are you sure that Birds do not use instinct? I am sure they use their eyes, but instinct is not a method of 'sight', it is a method of subconscious 'thinking', or rather, a sort of action without thought. I am sure a bird does not solely rely on their quick head and eye movement to live. I'm no expert at how birds live, but this conclusion just doesn't seem plausible. But this is really another matter entirely.