What Makes Ideas Go Away?

Ideas can be easily murdered in the womb, and often are, with many acting to actively prevent sensible births and dislodge miracle conceptions. Those who love ideas live far away from these brutes.

What kills magic?

• The cell phone -- among friends and lovers, phones are silent and put away because they interrupt with trivialities. Don't be a spastic squirrel playing with your phone near good people.
• Noise and talking -- filling all silence with sounds and babble will crush the possibility of thought. No one will wonder about anything or do anything other than react.
• Practical concerns -- if one knows what they are doing, they already know the theory and goal and further discussion is merely expounding on the trivial. But to think about a topic with detached and bemused curiosity brings new thought and eventual mastery.