― Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" / "Through the Looking-Glass".
I like this image, but I find too restrictive on how thinking works.
Yesterday, I got a phone call from a friend who was trying to go undercover. It sound weird, but she didn't want to be spotted online. Not the first time she does something like this and it won't be the last. It's a coping mechanism. She is very sensitive and she works in that horrible place I have described before. You know the one. The English Academy with this sort or salesman mojo ideas. I understand what are the challenges she has to face daily and that from time to time, she needs to step out of the world and catch a breath. It's only logical.
As a way of not thinking about her problems, she asked me about my day. Let me tell you. I know about storytelling, but I'm quite dull when it comes to small talk. So, I went over my day in a spectacular summary. I think I finished the whole thing like in less than a minute. She laugh and then picked one of my remarks. She had seen me post some picture of the cuatro. I had finished the head stock early in the morning and other small pieces. So the whole thing is ready for assembly.
What she wanted to know was my approach when it comes to designs. Se said "I wouldn't be able to visualize something like that. I could draw it, but I'm sure I can foresee the outcome." I had to stop to think for a moment. And then came on with ideas on how you could visualize the results varying from drawing the thing on paper, to using some program to make a 3D rendition of the thing. But then she inquired if that was my process. And it isn't, I envision the designs in my head and give it from. I do the same for things I want to write. It's my approach to many things. You know translating things from an abstract and make it tangible, then put it into paper (or digital).
She ended that part of the conversation with a "you're in love with logic". I guess it is true. I'm always trying to understand things with logic. I like building and that requires logic, thus it works for me.
Another friend told me a week ago after we had been talking about some common things in the past that know she understands my affair with logic. "You always try to find the mechanism upon which things work, even on an emotional level". Then she added that was a cool ability and that it sums up with a fact I'm always telling about myself: I have but one talent. That talent is learning.
I bet there's tons of people like that in the world. Also, I like to think that logic and creativity are sisters complementing each other. I don't think any creator of any kind of content would be able to get any work done if they didn't apply some logical process to develop their ideas. The same is true for thinkers. None of the ideas we find so dear or useful now would have been explained so well without creativity.
This isn't limited to art and thinking, but it goes on in every aspect of human life where there's room for improvement. Businesses need it; science, too. The list goes on if you keep thinking of places to apply this principle. There's a special mention for building a successful Hive blog. Great content requires cold thinking. Interactions demand your wits.
Isn't it beautiful?