Ex Nihilo, Part I: Conceptualization

This is part one in my four-part weekly series, Ex Nihilo, where I’ll be sharing all of the intermediate steps leading to my next blog.

The Idea

My blogs typically begin with a single thought, some feeling or sensation that I want to cultivate and grow. It’s not usually well defined, only an abstract vapor meandering through my mind without form or substance.

For this particular blog, I had the sense of something magical, something mystical and otherworldly, something that evoked a primal se...