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I was lucky enough to watch the Hamilton musical in the theatre yesterday. It is, as you may have heard, incredible. I am not a patron of the theatre at all, I claim no expertise or knowledge of the goings-on, the technicalities, or the history. So my opinion ("that was an amazing experience, it blew me away in every aspect and was one of my favourite experiences of all time") does not hold much value for others. Besides, many individuals have written about the show with words and passion and knowledge that I couldn't bring to the table, so I will leave my opinion in the previous sentence and simply recommend that you watch it if you haven't and get the chance.

After the show, my wife and I had a meal somewhere fancy and discussed it, as you do. During this, my wife reminded me of the Always Sunny podcast, in particular the episode where Lin-Manuel Miranda (who wrote Hamilton and played the lead role in the USA) is a guest. We agreed we'd listen to it, and so we did. We took a slow train back home and spent the journey with the podcast playing over our earphones.

In this episode Lin-Manuel makes a particular comment about inspiration:

The thing is finding the idea that pursues you.

I loved this - I need to find the thing that pursues me, the idea that chases my every moment. I have a bunch of ideas, some of which I think could be pretty neat if I see them through. But none of them hound me for attention, none of them refuse to leave me, consume my waking hours and prevent sleep. How do you find this? I have no idea, but I suspect it involves making time and trying stuff.