I often hear that ideas are worth nothing if you can’t execute on them. Does being worth nothing in material terms render our unformed thoughts and dreams useless? What do we mean by this - that our unrealized dreams should never have been brought into existence in the first place? Do they serve any real purpose other than to frustrate us?
Why do we have fragments of visions that we can’t properly execute on? I regularly have ideas for songs. I’m not a musician or a singer, but my mind conjures up a few lines, a chorus, a melody, a baseline, as if I’m getting a glimpse into something that hasn’t yet been made real. Is this supposed to be a spark to light a fire? Why would I have an idea for a song when there are far more capable people out there, with the right skills to birth such ideas? Why do we get so many of these creative fragments?
One could argue that you never get an idea you can’t execute on, and I do like Tom Bilyeu’s philosophy - that you can learn the skills you need to achieve anything. Yet, I get so many fragments of visions, in such a vast array of subject areas, that I’m not sure how I could fit in all the learning time needed.
What’s the trick here? Is it to scan through the possibilities and pick the one we most resonate with? Is it possible these fragments are puzzle pieces that will each play a part in building a more complex vision? Or, are they fragments for a reason? Are we supposed to collaborate with others to build shared visions?
Are these fragments even creative inspirations? Or are they like some of our dreams - a collection of data reflected back to us in a different way, based on input we’ve received during the day?
Here’s another possibility - what if we are meant to execute on a vast array of fragments of spectacular visions, no matter how poorly, for the learning experience? Imagine, if you tried to execute on every idea, with the skills you already possess. For example, what if I had the vision of Chambord before Francois Ier? If I didn’t have the resource or know-how to build such a fine hunting lodge, I could draw it, carve it, or make it out of Lego, not that there was Lego in Francois’ time but you get the idea. Even if I didn’t design the detail of Chambord and build a full scale version, who knows what chain of events my attempt at materialising the idea might set into motion. If nothing else, through my research I would certainly gain a lot of insight and knowledge relating to the subject, and most definitely, be pushed out of my comfort zone! The act of trying to do something might lead me on tangents I never thought possible.
Maybe things are supposed to be approached in a fragmented way. Take La Sagrada Familia for example. It was Antoni Gaudi’s vision but unfortunately, he is long gone and others have taken on the task of completing his work. We often have this idea that we must start and finish everything. Maybe that’s not the case, maybe we are here to paint our brush stroke, our fragment of a spectacular vision, and leave it up to others to do the same.
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