The Matter

And what do people say is the case? Does one need more time, or is that not really what is needed? I think you could make a persuasive argument that lack of time is mostly cover for a lack of imagination regarding your real problem. That it shuts down reflection rather than encourages it, and so evades, or rather fails even to confront, the substance of the question. Which is what any answer, I suppose, does to some extent - the closing off, that is. However, such an answer should be at a healthy remove from the question. In time, I mean. You know, let yourself mull it over a bit; resist the first and easiest conclusion. Are you aware, even, of a second even-if-in-your-eyes less likely explanation? Surely this signals haste, no? You might object, though, that this is not a way to approach all things, but that there is a continuum on which things like brushing your teeth are okay for indeliberate action, and on which same continuum there are problems, real felt-as-such problem-problems, demanding slower judgment. Also, what's wrong with a lack of imagination? Is there a golden mean of imagination, of the will to be curious? And if so, are we, are you, responsible for it? In short, is there or is there not a task at hand?