Inspiration comes and goes mysteriously...
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Inspiration comes and goes mysteriously. Ideas float by on butterfly wings; they can be netted and collected and studied, but only by the alert and quick. People who work with ideas know that if they don't write thoughts down right away, they evaporate and may never surface again. Theorist Albert Einstein had a habit of abruptly ending conversations with "I have to work now." This could happen even when he himself was the one talking. Sentences might be left hanging as he left guests and wife and secretary, entered his study, and went to work. It wasn't as if he meant to offend; it was just that the juices began flowing. He took it as natural that inspiration floated past from somewhere else and had to be captured at the moment of opportunity, and expected that everyone else would understand. It came from somewhere beyond and he netted and collected and studied it because he was looking for it at the time. Not everyone has the perspective of Einstein. In fact, most people concentrate on themselves, think of themselves as the center of their world. How much do we miss because we're not looking at the time, or in the right direction? -- Mosley
