A Matter of Inspiration

One can't tell when one will run out of original ideas. One can only hope that when that accursed day finally arrives, one may have recourse to other measures then available. It is conceivable, certainly, that by that fateful day one's computer will already have installed in it, or have access to, an idea generator that will provide original ideas at the click of a mouse or the tap of a key. One wonders whether such a thing may already exist.

In the meantime, one can continue to rely on one's faithful old dictionary or encyclopedia as sources, making word associations at random or maybe not so random.

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