Today has been a very productive day. Lake and I have done quite a bit of work on sorting through debris. I cleaned out (threw out most of) the mess in the paperjunk drawer. In about an hour and a half I'm going to head out and once again attempt to get material that will work for the wings I'm making. As soon as I've cleared enough space in my room, I plan on attempting construction once again.

Within the paperjunk drawer I did find a little something I wrote back in 1999, entitled "Things Start Simple".

Things Start Simple Things start simple. Things start simple, yet get more complex. Things start simple, yet things get added, making them more complex. Things start simple, through constant revision and rethinking things get added, making them more complex. Things start simple, through constant revision and rethinking things get added, making what originally was a simple statement, a more complex one. Things tend to start simple, but rarely stay that way, as the process of constant revision and rethinking makes additions and amendments, so that what originally was quite simple becomes quite complex. Many things start simple, but few stay that way, as most things suffer an unending process of revision and rethinking that makes additions and amendments. This process, while intended to make things easier to understand, tends to make what was originally something simple quite complex. Most things in this world start very simply, but few stay that way. People are never satisfied with the way things are, and so subject most things to an unending process of revision and rethinking that adds and changes the very nature of what something is. This process, while intended to simplify the complex world we live in, is actually the reason our world is so complex. Most things in this world were once simple, but have over time become more complex. People seem unable to satisfy themselves with the way things are, and so subject everything around them to a constant process of revision and rethinking that adds, changes, or enhances the very nature, idea, or purpose of what something is. This process, while intended to make things understandable, more usable, or less time consuming in a world where time and peace of mind are very valuable, actually have the opposite effect, and is indeed the cause of the complexity of the world we live in.