Reading a 2013 paper about modelling the wax moth (Galleria mellonella) for Klebsiella infection studies and I'm just wondering how the seed of such an idea is sown in one's mind. I'm sure it requires a lot of reading and interpreting and discussing it with several people, but the process itself, say, of drawing inferences from all such things and finally reaching a desired set of objectives to be pursued, is just so fascinating.
Of course, it involves long mundane periods where you feel like nothing is ever going to work out and that might take a toll on anyone. But to finally see something work, even if for a bit, and then some more, and try to fit it all together. Ugh. So good.
@biologyshyology It is indeed interesting, how an idea evolves and ends up being a complete package, and when you look it makes perfect sense. Just the way it should be, how did we not see it before.
That is probably a good indication you found some truth. Takes time to build the small insight into the finished, clean product. But it's like building anything, start with a need or idea, jot notes, think, draw inferences or sketches.
Until it's finished, other people might not glimpse what is being built. Easier done individually, although have a friend of colleague to bounce ideas might help.
@design_RG Exactly! To trace it back through its pattern and see how it eventually fits is such a satisfying feeling.
True that others might not get it while it's still a work in progress but many a times you yourself don't know where it might end up going. The serendipity of it finally coming to fruition when I am not expecting anything at all adds much more delight, at least for me personally.
@biologyshyology Great fun, to discover something or create something from scratch. 
@biologyshyology on my first hour of this tooting thing, somehow I came across you and this post. I have no idea in what context you meant to write this; but it’s pretty much wording my artistic woes. You go down a rabbit hole of obsessions in a rollercoaster with your hands in the air- produce nothing for aaaages. And then suddenly you create a little pebble (for a while this meant a cordyceps obsession)
Anyway: felt like sharing. Thanks for being part of my tentative steps here ☺️
@ErikaDesign Omg such lovely serendipity! The thing you said resonates so much with me, and I suppose that period of obsession is also somehow central to the final result, isn't it? The joy to feel something finally getting out there is something else altogether. (And omg, cordyceps are so mesmerising!)
Thank you for sharing this experience. <3
Am I being naive here? I don't know. Maybe this fascination will die over time. Maybe it will get stronger. You never know with such things, do you?