Tuesday, 8. January 2008
Imagination comes from work
carschti, 11:31h
"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!
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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