Tuesday, 8. January 2008
Imagination comes from work
"Imagination comes from work" Do you think so? It was written on one mans folder he was carrying in the train yesterday. It seemed like a slogan from a company he is working for.
While being to work today I thought a lot about this sentence. I strongly disagreed when I read this statement the first time. Being at work takes all your time and effort to achieve some results and having the work done. Normally. But then I realised something else. Whenever I´m working I´m daydreaming more than I would do in my private time.
And so I dreamed and remembered back the years. Most ideas for my private life (where to travel, what to do on the weekend and whom to kiss) I had at work, in the university or at school. Was that the imagination they meant?

On the other hand most of my ideas for work came when I was at home. Maybe I need the distance to a problem to get it solved. But how can I solve my current problem? It´s kind of Japan related and I´m still in Japan. To have the distance I need for solving the problem I have to leave the country which means that my problem is obsolate. Mhmmm maybe no gudo!

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