Hello Steemit.
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My brother, the IT guy, has been singing the praises of Steemit for months now. Perhaps counter intuitively, he has a rather successful blog running on Homesteading and DIY.
From historical reenactment to cottage industry, and even sheep herding, he's never been one to shy away from a bit of vocational experimentation. :)
Nor have any of my other brothers, for that matter.
All told, there are four of us, and I the second-oldest - though the only one never married nor with children at 35 years of age.
In fact, one could well argue that there is strong evidence a need for experimentation and testing of hypothesis is in our very genes.
This is not to say that we come from a long line of lauded scientists or great engineers of business, but rather that we descend from the likes of tinkers, dabblers, dreamers, and the Jacks-of-all-trades... Those who are often privy to a brilliant idea, but who are too often surrounded by those grown weary of the possibilities, and wary of the less than stellar results of the past.
It is not easy for the average person to follow the instinctive flights of imagination that come so readily to the creative mind, and not at all reasonable for the companions of such a person to be expected to embrace them each and every time a new idea comes along. So, we often find ourselves surrounded by tired ears, and those ready to see the results that come from the focus we are seen to lack.
But, what's to be done when we stumble upon yet another brilliant idea partway through the execution of the first?
Are we not beholden to the muses that gift us with such insights to at least pause to record their inspiration?
And thus are we hindered by our own creativity.
Other kids probably had more standard heroes as children, but I recall a book I found (and subsequently stole) from our library in elementary school on Galileo Galilei when I was in, perhaps the fourth grade.
I was taken with the idea of the renaissance man straight away, and wanted nothing more than to be thus free to explore, invent, and create.
It was fairly soon afterward that I came upon Leonardo DaVinci, and my vocational ideal was set.
All these years later, I can see a kindred spirit in evidence when I see the remaining notebooks of the masters... I too have pages and pages of thoughts unrealized.
While I've yet to find a realistic way to achieve my many goals in this current era, I have hopes that perhaps sharing a few thoughts here might prove more fruitful, in one manner or another.
With no promises of cohesion or applicability then, let us embark on this journey together!
Thank you ever so much for reading my first clumsy attempt. Here's to improvement through practice!
Until next time!
