Overly Inspired into Nothing: The Law of Diminishing Return

Have you ever felt overly inspired and stimulated by social media, endlessly scrolling through pages, images, and stories? Your saved posts are bursting at the seams, yet you rarely revisit them. We all enjoy seeing artistic expressions and shared ideas, but when is it enough? When do we stop and get honest with ourselves? We've become inspiration's lab rats, running in circles of ideas that never come to fruition or creating hack replicas of an Instagram reel or a 30-second TikTok video.

The Trap of Overstimulation

I have done this myself, and it has been fruitful at times. I've implemented some of these copycat hacks and ideas in my home, life, and business, for which I am grateful. However, something started to feel missing. I'd hop on the latest bandwagon of creation or recipes, only to soon lay it aside and be utterly dismissive of the trend. I'd end up sitting on an inventory of things, tools, ingredients—you name it. I missed the act of figuring it out and creating something uniquely my own. Sure, I'd give something a twist of my own flair, but I still felt like I didn't have ownership of the creation. The moment it was created, I was onto the next.

The Information Age: A Double-Edged Sword

In this information age, we literally have too much of it. We know too much, and not for our own good. Learning and knowing about everything can come at a significant cost. It's causing more debt, insecurities, and a compulsive need to overshare trade secrets and treasures that should be left to mystery and anonymity. Respect and adoration for arts, crafts, and culture diminish when nothing is left sacred. This drives down its value, honor, and respect.

Social Media's Deceptive Allure

I realized this, which led me to delete my social media accounts. I chose to disengage from platforms that rob us of our time, creativity, and mind. Seeing the world's ugliness cloaked in "aesthetic" images and videos—augmented realities made in light rooms, AI, and lies is soul-crushing and gut-wrenching. There's no perfect lighting, just light that is cast in reality. I encourage you to stop searching for perfect lighting in your images and videos and go outside and create.

Key Points to Highlight

• The Endless Scroll:

• “We've become inspiration's lab rats, running in circles of ideas that never come to fruition.”

• “The moment it was created, I was onto the next.”

• The Cost of Information Overload:

• “In this information age, we know too much, not for our own good.”

• “Learning and knowing about everything can come at a great cost—more debt, insecurities, and the compulsive need to overshare.”

• Loss of Sacredness and Value:

• “Respect and adoration for arts, crafts, and culture diminish when nothing is left sacred.”

• The Deceptive Allure of Social Media:

• “Platforms that rob us of our time, creativity, and mind.”

• “The world's ugliness cloaked in ‘aesthetic’ images and videos—augmented realities made in light rooms, AI, and lies.”

A Call to Authenticity

Remember, there's no perfect lighting, just the realness of high-noon. Go outside and create. As inspired by the verse Daniel 12:4 AMP:

"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the scroll until the end of time. Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and knowledge [of the purpose of God as revealed by His prophets] will [greatly] increase."

We're not trying to take this out of context, but the word "scroll" resonates deeply with our modern behavior—endlessly scrolling in search of knowledge on the internet and social media, instead of receiving the "knowledge of YAH". Proverbs 1:7 states "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge" and 2:3 "Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up the voice for understanding; 4- If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5- Then shalt thou understand the feare of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God (KJV). This digital pursuit often leads to ignorant bliss, casting a false form of intellectualism or knowledge, yet we lack morals and human decency. Clearly there's the knowledge that comes from God and then there is the knowledge of the world; of good and evil which led to the demise of Adam and Eve. Our need to be constantly immerse in "knowledge", forever learning through digital lenses is to our destruction. We have been so hard wired with invisible hooks looming up from our sceens in our quest of knowledge that we're being expose to the counterfeit.

Let's shift our focus from the endless scroll to creating with authenticity and purpose. Let's honor the sacredness of art, craft, skill, and culture by cherishing the process and the unique creations that come from within us. Sit with your thoughts. - Management