Have you every felt dry, uninspired, lacking in creativity, or fresh out of good ideas? Such a state proves itself to be rather constant in my life. I'm always on the search for new ideas and inspiration, but very infrequently do I happen upon something that's truly brilliant. It seems to me that it would be much simpler if I could just circumvent the process of ideation altogether and just cause a successful concept to pop into my head.
Unfortunately, most great ideas don't come so easily. Often true inspiration only comes through hundreds of hours of mental exertion and dozens of sleepless nights full of constant tossing and turning, a process necessary to fully mix the combination of mental ingredients utilized in the formation of a truly inspired idea. In the end, one comes out on the other side completely exhausted and with absolutely no enthusiasm with which to make their newly acquired dream a reality. In short, the whole process proves to be a complete waste of time.
I still hold that there must be a quicker method to developing new ideas. After all, life is short and we can't afford to waste time on pointless and fatiguing mental exercises. So, until science comes up with a better solution, I'll have to resort to my own method of acquiring bright ideas: forceful implantation. ;-)
I was a little limited on resources this week because I'm currently out of town. This was shot with all-natural window light. It is a composite of two separate images (go figure), the first captures my expression, the second captures the top half (or cap) of my head. As you can see, my head is currently devoid of ideas, thoughts, or really anything of substance (a typical state for one in my condition), a problem I hope to remediate sometime. And the reason behind the fluorescent bulb (aside from the fact that that was the only light-bulb I could find at the time)? Just as the incandescent is going out of style, so are old ideas and antiquated methods of thought. No more can bright ideas be represented by the classic bulb and filament, but must take on the new face of the clean, green, eco-friendly helix (that's just the way it is). With new ideas comes progress, and with progress comes new ideas. Now if I could only get my hands on some of those bright ideas...
