There are some things in life that require great
strength and character. Other things need deep
intellectual thought. And sometimes, patience is all
that is needed, slow, persistent patience.

But the things in life that require Innovative
Thinking, those are by far the best. Why?

Because they require that you challenge yourself. You
challenge your strength, your character, your
intellectual depth, and your patience. Innovative
thinking requires that you question yourself, and it
requires that you have no box, no box at all.

This blog is going to be about Innovitive Thinking.
Innovative thinking with me, Innovative Thinking by
yourself. And possibly Innovative Thinking with other
ASW members, but really, that is too easy, and by my
definition, is not actually Innovative Thinking.
Unless you approach it in a certain way, that I will
discuss – but later on.

There is ONE RULE to this blog, and I ask that you
follow it. If you cannot follow it, I will understand,
because this rule requires Innovative Thinking.
Remember, strength, and all that. And not everyone
wants to reach for Innovative Thinking. But I hope on
the honor system that you follow this rule:

THE ONE RULE IN MY BLOG IS THAT YOU HAVE TO POST YOUR
COMMENTS OR IDEAS BEFORE YOU READ ANYONE ELSE’S
RESPONSES COMMENTS OR IDEAS.

The key word is “Before.”

And please post your ideas of thoughts only once.
After doing that, you can read other peoples thoughts
and ideas. And just soak it in. Say to yourself as you
look at your post – “Hey I did that all myself.”

And look at someone else’s post and say whatever you
like. To yourself.

So each day I will challenge you. I will also
challenge myself, and that is the only reason I am
doing this blog.

Because you see, I don’t like blogs. I don’t like
blogs because they make people write things when they
have nothing to say. I would rather read one fine
sentence a day, than read a bunch of stuff. Stuff.

Myself included, I am not sure I will have something
to say each day. And if I don’t, you won’t hear from
me.

But I do have something to say today. Its about blogs.
I don’t like them because they made the process of
writing more important than the content. They allowed
anyone to say anything without jumping through any
hoops, and they put the burden on the reader to siphon
the quality from the quantity.

I think blogs will go away soon, within a couple
years, and be replaced by something that merges the
idea of the blog, with the idea of publishing, which
follows a process to make sure the reader gets the
best of…the writer. Yes, publishing does work, the
“old school” brought us a lot of amazing writing,
don’t you think? Books, Plays, Operas, Movies, Songs,
and…maybe it will bring us good blogs too.

What do you think? Idea Freak?