| Flow of creativity | 2004-04-19 12:25 6 comments |
 by Flemming FunchVia Local Thoughts, a little creative exercise: 1. Grab the nearest bookThe nearest book I grabbed blindly from the shelf was the Webster's College Dictionary. Now, I'm not sure if in this case I should pick literally the 5th sentence or the 5th word defined. But, magically, they're talking about the same thing. 5th sentence is part of the definition of "affluence": a flowing to or toward some point; afflux.And the 5th word defined is "afflux", which means: 1. something that flows to or toward a point, e.g. "an afflux of blood to the head". 2. the act of flowing to or toward some point.So, afflux or affluence is when something flows towards a point. If you want an affluence of something, you need to make it flow towards a point. That's sort of simple and basic, but a very useful thing to pay attention to. If I want an affluence of money, money needs to be flowing towards a point, such as my bank account. |