Ideas come ... Joan Lennon

The arrival of ideas is a very strange thing indeed, and no two show up in exactly the same way.

Sometimes it's like penguins - out of the murk and back again.

[after spending a stupid amount of time and roping in sons to try and fix the problem, I give up. A video from my phone of penguins swimming is not transferable onto a blog. You'll just have to imagine it.]

Sometimes it's like the surprising appearance of flowers on an old stump.

Sometimes it's like ribbons in the wind.

[this one was also from my phone, showing the ropes in the gibbon enclosure waving about in a high wind. Trust me, it was mesmerizing. Too bad I can't show it to you. Sigh]

Different ideas, different routes - all you can do is notice them when they come and be prepared to pounce!

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