Start with an idea and then develop seeds. They will take awhile and some won’t bloom, but the goal is just to tend to the seeds.

In his book "The Creative Act" he describes these explorations as 'seeds' and explains that we don't know which seeds will bloom quickly, and which will take a while - and even which ones might never flower. And so he says, we must tend to all our seeds at first, until we know. I love this analogy and I take it further - I use my initial idea to create my seeds. (View Highlight)