Pursuit of an Idea

Idea: How to Test Perseverance and Commitment

In my eCourse on Ignite Everyday Creativity we are asked to list 30 annoyances then pick one to solve creatively. Because most annoyances are physical solutions range from invention to creating a product. My annoyance is mental: Not finishing promised project, poor commitment.

Idea: It’s an idea or collection of ideas put together.I just celebrated my 75th birthday last month. My personal (self) challenge has 2 goals: to be committed with perseverance to a project until the project is done in the allotted time, and the other is to keep my mind active and body sound. My plan is to read the novel, The Restless Flame, a novel about St. Augustine by Louis de Wohl and Confessions of St. Augustine by St. Augustine in 30 days. I thought the 2 books should complement each other. The challenge starts tomorrow. To keep me honest and to encourage maximum effort I added two small (?) difficulties: I will write about my progress every day and publish it in this blog or in my other blog:

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 and I’ll walk  for 1 hour or go to the gym 4 days a week. If I’m successful with this idea can I do a similar idea again or related idea every month and make it a way of life? 

The universe is widening, my mind roams for poetry. I’m dreaming.  “Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?” -Robert F. Kennedy

note: I promised Jeanne: http://www.collageoflife-henrqs.blogspot.com

that I’ll write everyday  in answer to her 28 day writing challenge in February 2015. I hope I can fulfill this promise.

       

read and write

For my new assignment I plan to read a novel, The Restless Flame, based on St. Augustine and Confessions of St. Augustine together and write about my progress in this blog. I have to read 13.3 pages a day of The Confession which is 395 pages and read 10 pages a day of the Restless flame which is 303 pages to finish both books in one month. I'll start the reading on Monday.

spring declutter

We emptied the shelves of books because we had to paint the room. Now we  put the books back , the painting had finished. We also selected the books that I could take to our local library for the book sale by the Friends of Library. I had 3 boxes full of books.  Spring declutter.

symmetry

What is enantiomer?

the old and the new

One way of being creative is to think like an archeologist and a futurist. The past can show hints what the old minds were thinking. Sometimes we need stepping stones.

early waking

My best time for musing especially for poetry is unexpected waking very early in the morning. I keep my eyes closed. Ideas come to me which I try to connect to other ideas and remember until morning when I get up. I’ll write what I remember especially the thread of thought. I have a few poems written from this surprise.

I will look for the book

The books are all over the place in our small condo since rooms including are being painted. Acceptance made  me appreciate the chaos created by work being done.  Acceptance of simple gesture is a beginning or a mini-c of creativity.