The Idea

Kelvin had had another bad day, for some reason he seemed to be more tired than usual, a dull ache seemed to have settled around the middle of his chest, and he could not decide whether it was a physical ache or some sought of mental emptiness. He wondered what it was, and could not account for it, his life was going on as usual at the same dull pace. Then he realized what it was - he had run out of new ideas, which however stupid and meaningless, put him into a really good mood for long periods of time. These included ideas in art, poetry, writing etc. He himself felt that this was an unusual state of affairs, what he wondered could be achieved by writing a short story unless it leads to some monetary reward. It was perhaps a self actualization need, that many artist suffered from, a kind of need to express oneself by painting weird things,  in any case the prospects of earning a living from that sought of thing in his country seemed remote. The only thing he knew was that having an idea and then implementing it by writing a short story for example gave him a great thrill.

But then it struck him, why not write a book about great men and women. He was no great artist but he would do the illustrations himself. In each chapter he would write about a particular group of great individuals, say a chapter for Great Scientists, a chapter for Writers , Inventors, Artists, Explorers Musicians, and so on, or maybe he should mix it all up so that it comes as a surprise to the reader. The idea seemed simple but clever. The trick would be to find the right things to write about and also the length of the article. If a piece was too long it would bore people but if it was too short it wouldn't interest them. He could maybe call the book "The Strange but interesting life's of Great men" or something like that and include unusual things about them. Newton for example would wake up and sit in his bed for hours staring blankly as if he had lost his memory.   Incredibly Kelvin's mood improved within seconds. He wondered why this method could not be used by doctors to improve moods of patients suffering from some illness.

Written by: RJX