Logical Thinking and Ideas

These two subjects tie in together- in a way, the logical thinking is like a shoe that fits on the ideas perfectly, but I do think that the sock is, say red and the shoe is green- they contrast eachother.

Think of logic (the ideas come in later) like a circuit with one battery and one bulb. The more "bulbs" (ideas) you add, the dimmer the ideas become as you pay less attention to each one.If you add more batteries (or apply more logic to the idea), the idea gets brighter, more logical and works better.  It will only work if the circuit is complete. That's just a metaphor, but I think it does work.

Another metaphor for ideas is this- think of a large white canvas everytime you are think of something new. This is your "brain". Sometimes you decide to paint on it (deliberately coming up with ideas) and sometimes you lose control over your hand and splat paint all over it (when ideas just pop into your head).  Sometimes, you have an incomplete painting and revisit a canvas. Sometimes, you get a new canvas. It depends on whether you are coming up with a new idea or building on an old one. And sometimes, you have no idea what to paint.

Cari- I may build on this post later on.