Today, I gave a speech.<\/p>\n
I do this quite frequently, actually, being a member of Toastmasters, where I am expected to give an impromptu speech just about every week and a prepared speech with some regularity. (For those who know, today was my tenth speech, completing my basic manual. Yay me!)<\/p>\n
The speech was supposed to be an inspirational speech. So I spoke about seeking, and finding, inspiration.<\/p>\n
One question in particular, I thought it was time to attack. Not specifically to answer, though I offered suggestions and innuendo and a variety of hints. Where do you get your ideas?<\/em> I like an answer I read Stephen King give once: “Wholesale from a warehouse in Ithaca, New York.” But the truth is, the people asking this question don’t actually want an answer, at least not to the question they’re asking.<\/p>\n They don’t care where I get my ideas. They want to know where to find their own.<\/p>\n I spoke for over twelve minutes, so I’m not going to try to encapsulate that here in a single post. But I will say this: the goal of the speech was to inspire people, not to seek, but to find<\/em> inspiration. The key (different from the key to my imagination, which I keep in my top desk drawer)–the key<\/em> isn’t in knowing where to look, but in seeing where you are.<\/p>\n You need an explanation and\/or elaboration? Maybe I’ll write a new age book about it. What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"