In the beginning

Unaccustomed as I am to writing anything, no less anything public, I thought that I might make an effort to discover what I am really thinking. Language, to a daydreamer is perhaps an enemy, but it does require clarity of thought. The effort to solidify those pesky fleeting ideas that are much more beautiful in passing might destroy my fun at simply free-associating until I fall asleep or become distracted by some other really neat thought. 

At this moment I have decided that I am best at daydreaming. Perhaps I might become an expert at it and realize an income from this. Free-associating is one of those things that I do naturally and is probably a bit of a frustration to those people who know me and have taken the time to listen to me blather on in a rather undisciplined way about whatever it is that I am trying to describe. 

I have no doubt that there are those of you who will happen upon this and claim that you or someone that you know is a better daydreamer and will challenge my ability to daydream. Go ahead. Competition in free-association as in free-enterprise might prove to be a growth experience. Can someone cultivate daydreaming into a well oiled machine or is it in its nature an untamable animal?  Are those of us who depend upon daydreaming inherently undisciplined? If cultivated, can it become useful to others?

I might be mistaken in using "free-association" as a synonym for daydream but at least for now the two go together for me.

All of this has begun on account of my working with college students who are artists and designers and having the occasional conversation about their work. There is little that I enjoy more than discussing those directions and ideas with them. Not even my motorcycle rides to and from work. Now I am stuck wondering how I can make something useful (for both them and me) out of those really exciting and emotional interactions about their ideas. Perhaps an analysis will help clarify a direction. 

That is what I hope this will catalyze.

Onward.