Everything starts with an idea
Or so we think. The world is given to us all in the same way, but the individual perception of it makes the difference and multiplies that world in countless ways. Suppose we have kept that childhood habit of freaking out in front of the world and honestly questioning it. In that case, the idea grows in us to the point that it has to come out at some moment and thus not be ours anymore. Having ideas is a challenging job. Having them inside can often be fun, especially in moments of solitude that become bearable. These are the moments when we control them, use them as a tool, and direct them as we would with a small child or a pet. These are the moments when ideas appear before us as faithful and humble servants. Then they are patient, unobtrusive, and discreet. They calmly wait in line to be shaped, like the Japanese in the endless queues for water after the Fukushima disaster.
But what happens when ideas get the better of us
At that moment, we realize that the talent to create them is not enough. But, still, the skill to overcome them, tame them and place them in the zone that belongs to them by the nature of things is also needed. Many people are given the gift of creating ideas, but only some are given the gift of articulating, shaping, and communicating them correctly without being misunderstood. Therefore, we should approach ideas like people, not take them for granted. They are like living beings that seek adequate interaction. By the very fact that they exist, they also seek something in return. Everyone wants others to represent him in the right way, including ideas. And that requires strength, perseverance, faith in what is being created, and a grain of madness that, if honest enough, creates a storm.
Without it, a person is easily overcome, like a shipwrecked person, who is quickly swallowed up by the sea, or, if it is merciful enough, washed broken and half-dead ashore.
What are the pitfalls in communicating ideas?
Like water and blood, ideas must move. Just as life is maintained on the planet and in the body, ideas keep the individual's connection with himself and others alive. But unfortunately, the meaning of ideas often does not depend on the one who creates and transmits them but on the one who receives the idea. And few things in the world are as dangerous as the path along which an idea moves because it easily slips off the way we set, is accepted by someone we didn't intend for it, and turns into something we didn't expect in the least, let alone want. Then, like a fire that was only supposed to warm us a little, an idea turns into a blaze that takes on catastrophic dimensions and destroys everything in front of it, sometimes even those who created it.
How much the modern world needs an idea?
The impression is that today's world is oversaturated and tired of itself. The availability of information at just a few clicks seems to have killed curiosity and the joy of knowledge. And that's where the amazement that creates ideas is lost somewhere. It's as if everything is written, painted, played, recorded, and less and less can move us from the inside. This is why new ideas are needed more than ever. Man must once again stand before the world, amazed and full of questions, and give that world some unique value. Otherwise, the world will become a usual barbarity without a purpose, in which nothing will have any meaning or beauty.
