While we were there, we headed off on a day trip to the Alhambra in Granada for our token bit of culture. And it is indeed a stunning icon of the medieval Moorish culture of Southern Spain. Our guide pointed out a feature of it's decoration that got me thinking a wee bit (oh no not again, I hear you cry!) The outside of the Alhambra is quite plain, but the inside is beautifully decorated with intricate designs - as our guide put it, they "kept it to themselves"...
It made me think about how much is to be gained from sharing our creations - be they arts, scientific discoveries or even just daft blogs by depressive weirdos! The thing is, I suppose, that you don't know what other people will gain from or do with what is shared - in work, for instance you can share something that you have learned and save your colleagues from having to discover it themselves. Another way that I have seen this bear fruit is by sharing our experiences with Christopher, we have hopefully given other TOF parents, who are earlier in their journey, some idea of what they can expect. I know that we have gained from the experiences of others.
I suppose that there is a risk sometimes of "oversharing" or perhaps becoming self-obsessed (which seems to be quite common these days) but I think if you can foster a sensible "interrnal editor" and a reasonable degree of self-awareness, hopefully you can realise what to share and when to have as positive effect as you can. (Or you can put it in a blog that people can read or ignore as they see fit!)
The "Spanish Minute" idea is another thing that I encountered on holiday - it is like a less extreme version of "manana"- as in "the show will start in 5 minutes... 5 Spanish minutes, that is". I remain unsure of the exact correlation between "Spanish" and "normal" minutes but I am pretty sure that it is always a ratio greater than one!
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