Have you ever experienced that little burst of inspiration when an idea hits your brain, ripe with potential? For me, it’s like a flash of brilliance, as though I’ve been showered with a bit of genius that might become something wonderful. Terry Pratchett’s explanation strikes me as very accurate, in a metaphorical sense: “Little particles of inspiration sleet through the universe all the time traveling through the densest matter in the same way that a neutrino passes through a candyfloss haystack, and most of them miss.”
I want to put down in writing the ones that don’t miss.
I’ve written bits and pieces of poetry, started fictions that have sometimes been finished and sometimes haven’t, experienced day-to-day things that have been far more meaningful than anticipated, and made the occasional film that was probably contemptible to most but very significant to me.
Also, I’ve found amazing stories in books, in movies, in songs, in advertisements, in video games, and in overheard scraps of conversation.
So here is the place that I’d like to catalogue the candlesparks, those glimpses of creativity that could probably be so much more.
So… this sounds pretty pretentious. Just thought you should know. 😉
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As I suspected…