Build big things out of the small

If you want to make something interesting, something that challenges you, excites you, and has a chance of doing the same for the audience, you need something more substantial than a line of breadcrumbs from thereabouts to there-again. But since you don’t know exactly the path you’re going to take (see frozen lake metaphor above) you can’t just architect a grand cathedral-like epic project, not if you want to have any real hope of completing it. So, build big things out of the small. First lay the foundations. Then build the walls. The more you’ve built, the more ambitious your projects can become, until…