A Slight Detour

Lately, I have been involved in several engaging discussions of the origin of ideas – and more precisely, the origin of writing ideas and topics and the apparent difficulty in finding them.

Even though I would be the first one to admit the possibility of my fascinating predisposition to be mistaken, I am not in accord with the aforementioned theory.

I do, in fact, believe that ideas are rather easy to uncover from within the depths of our endless souls. It is shaping – indeed, forging – them into a vision of wisdom, beauty and hope that’s so bloody hard.

Ask any writer...