Paths

Here is a a little experiment you can try:

1. Pick something super simple to draw like a circle or a number etc

2. Try to draw it as fast as you can without picking up your pencil so trace it over and over again for a couple seconds or so, like 10 seconds

3. See how many lines you make that are outside of the general shape made

Earlier today when I was volunteering and there was a lull in activity I picked up a sticky pad and started to draw a 4 and just trace over it again and again without picking up my pencil. I was just doing this for fun and to fill the absense of anything better to do but I realized something. No matter how many lines that you make, there is still a solid shape that comes out of it. There is still an obvious 4 when I stopped tracing even though there were many lines outside of the obvious 4 shape. There are many paths to take but no matter which one you choose, they will all come together and make one path. Our choices are not independent of each other but rather dependent. When we make a choice to draw a line and it doesn't necessarily match the others we change it so it matches. There is always a bigger picture that all the choices end at, the ultimate conclusion. I don't know if I am explaining myself in a way that makes sense but I wanted to share this little cool observation.