by bwg11 | Jun 22, 2017 | You Can Only Imagine
“I’m about as creative as a caged hamster.” – My friend who thinks he’s not creative. How creative is a caged hamster? We won’t know until the hamster lets himself out of the cage to find out. (Comparing yourself to a caged hamster, however, is quite...
by bwg11 | Jun 16, 2017 | You Can Only Imagine
Do we generate ideas through sweat and toil; or, do mystical angels sweetly blow ideas into us? It’s the difference between inspiration and perspiration. Both words come from the Latin word for breathing: Inspiration meant breathing into; while perspiration was...
by bwg11 | Jun 16, 2017 | You Can Only Imagine
Human beings have always dreamed of following birds into the air, achieving the grace of effortless gliding. History is littered with stories of men fashioning wings, then diving from a hill or tower and usually plunging to their deaths. A soaring bird still...
by bwg11 | May 23, 2017 | You Can Only Imagine
August Werner carved furniture in his woodworking shop on Main Street in Imogene, Iowa, a town of 400 or so in 1886. As furniture maker, Werner became the de facto undertaker because he could build caskets. And, he carved toy helicopters. He became obsessed with his...
by bwg11 | May 16, 2017 | You Can Only Imagine
Let’s all re-invent something. A credit card company claims to have re-invented banking. Amazon Web Service has a “Reinvent Conference.” Marriott promises to re-imagine “the future of travel.” Television sitcoms are advertised as “all new.” Of course, these are all...
by bwg11 | Oct 11, 2016 | You Can Only Imagine
The brain is not a computer. Instead, the computer is part of a long line of technology advances considered then abandoned as metaphors for the brain. The brain is a computer—or at least that is the popular myth based on current technologies. For centuries,...
