Searching...

Yesterday, we went to the high Uintas to look for mushrooms. In Utah, these delicacies hide between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, and this year being another dry year, they can be hard to find.

So at first, discouragement runs high as we doubt we'll ever find one single boletus and will have to return home empty-handed. Then, as time goes on, Evelyne finds a huge one, then it's my turn to spot a few tiny ones and so on. The morale of that story is that we should never despair and only remain patient.

Finding mushrooms isn't like a Google search. It takes faith, time and perseverance and it's not unlike the rest of life's endeavors. In this era of instant results and lightning-fast answers, we need to retrain our patience as we search for objects, ideas and inspiration and forget about miracle and other short-cuts. Bad concepts, books and movies are generally the result of rushed inspiration and impatience. Creativity is a bottomless well that just takes time and wise planning to explore and exploit. Every time I'll be hunting for some great inspiration, I remember my mushroom-picking adventures...