To scratch is to seek ideas - to create an environment (internally and externally) that creates the freedom for ideas to flow. For some, ideas flow from meditation and an internal journey. For others it is about stretching your eyes, ears, arms to different sights, sounds and textures. For finance man and friend Harry Bronn, ideas flow when he takes himself to the challenge of the Simpson Desert in the heart of Australia. This is what harry says:
Thinking about what scratching means for me. From the blog it appears it "is an ideas hunt".
Reflecting on what my Simpson Desert 4WD trips mean, that will fall into the "my sense of identity" bucket.
I need to feel that freedom that comes with traveling that immense and limitlessness expanse. The clear sense of danger, which retreats if you do your preparation 110% and use that many layers of experience driving and traversing the challenging 1,000 plus dunes. The absolute feeling of remoteness and sense of self, the massive canopy of stars at night. The thought of being so much on your own and still not be alone. To know that you can do this large challenge without triggering a Tipping Point. That you are so alive and capable to do so much with your life.The old Peter Sarstedt song asks 'Where do you go to my lovely, when you're alone in your bed, tell me the thoughts that surround you, I want to look inside your head...'. Where do you go to for ideas to flow?
