The End

The beginning of something new is always accompanied by the end of something else, even if that something else was simply an absence of the new beginning. When you fall asleep, it marks the end period of consciousness. It is not a complete shutdown. Rather, it is the dawn of your alternate, abstract world. And this cycle gets to repeat everyday. Falling asleep is the ending of one life, and introduction of another.

So here it is, the outset of Subconscious Playground. As a platform it was created in lieu of other domains that promote unoriginal thinking, such as tumblr.com, the internet's finest source of recycled ideas. It is easier to reiterate other notions that represent your own than to express them personally. In this process creativity is lost. And no, I don't want to be re-blogged and treated like a statistic.

Now then, I invite you to create something of your own. Whatever it may be, shy away from cookie-cutter presentations if they're inhibiting you. Stop letting the world cheapen all your ideas to a character limit. Photographs are typically rectangles meant to freeze a scene in time, not squares meant to accumulate virtual hearts. And when it is finished, when it is finally there, don't let the amount of approval it garnishes define your self worth.

The old adage "follow your dreams" has truth to it. But to do so the challenge lies in staying asleep long enough.