By: Donovan Baldwin

I came across the following is from an old dusty notebook of mine. I wrote it January 26, 1985. Just dug it up.

Every day, something must be written, or, it just sits there, gathering dust. Sherlock Holmes compared the brain to a collection of files, I believe. If our filing cabinets are not used, at least from time to time, the drawers are liable to rust up on us - and, we wouldn't want our drawers to get rusty, now would we? That's why I want to try and write something every day. When I'm writing regularly, Ideas come regularly. Sure, a lot of them don't develop into anything, but, at least they're there. Ideas breed ideas. Creativity breeds creativity. Thought breeds thought. Thought, creativity, and idea development can be improved or increase through practice. The transfer of thought to paper, the abstract imaging into concrete expression, is a skill, which like most other skills, can be Improved with practice.

I wrote that over 30 years ago. Haven't always lived up to it, but, I've tried. Still think it's a good idea.