How did we get here

"We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work." - Richard Feynman, physicist

[Known for debunking the cause of the Challenger space shuttle disaster and such books as "What Do You Care What Other People Think?"]

This quote is so true and one of the frustrations following my GPRC lecture. It was presented linearly for the sake of clarity and accessibility. But its very linearity distorts the actual non-linear and organic nature of the creative process. It gives the very wrong impression that it was just a simple matter of connecting the dots.

Cage's Silence lectures were non-linear ... did he trust the audience that much? or did he really not care whether he was understood?

Begin It Now

Time for a new resolve, a new title. Regroup. Press on regardless ...

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back– Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now."

- Johann Wolfgang Goethe