We’re all crazy.
I can say that because we love destroying things – rather, when we do destroy things, we have fun with it – a lot of fun.
Finally getting rid of your old desktop computer? Smashing it in the driveway sounds like a great idea. Stereo-system broke? Time to tear it to pieces and see how it works. Need room to build something? I’ll get the sledgehammer.
A few months ago my dad and I had to get rid of some wasp nests. Naturally we tried wasp spray, but it was ineffective. Then we bleached the nests. Still alive. So we poured gasoline and set it on fire.
A couple of months ago my dad and I took apart my original droid. (After five years, it finally broke.) This is the outcome.
It’s easy to break something, to dissect it, to experiment with what has already been created. It’s much more dangerous to build something from scratch, to experiment with your own creativity.
What puzzles me is how we can have so much fun destroying things, yet not be as insanely excited to create something.
There’s a few different ways to overcome this. All dangerous.
1. Build to destroy it.
2. Build to let someone else have fun destroying it.
3. Build knowing that you will already be building something new, thus, not caring whether it gets destroyed or not.
Bonus: If you want a real challenge. Build something new from the remnants of what you destroy.
Stay Positive & Whatever You Do, Just Have Fun With It
Garth E. Beyer
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