K.I.S.S.

It is the deep breath before the plunge. The iconic line from Tolkiens classic describes fairly accurately my position right now. It seems that there is nothing else to do but to await the hordes of time-eaters that are marching inexorably toward me. Ah well, there's nothing for it but to enjoy the space I have.
Today I was trying to find an alternative way to make a camera sway fluidly. I tried using a ziplock plastic bag earlier, with somewhat regrettable results. I was considering using a mates soft water container - not an ideal method, but I couldn't think of anything else. Then my sister mentioned that perhaps a hot-water bottle would work. Oh, you reckon? Hmm, yeah it might . . . Of course it's the perfect solution and should have been the first I thought of. It's not the first time that I completely missed the most obvious option.
It seems to be a one of those things that humans struggle with almost universally. We search around for creative, clever and complex ways to solve problems when something simple, quick and usually inexpensive will do. Things turn up in the simplest of places; you go looking for them all over, but all the time they're right there . . . said a character the play 'The Phoenix'. Do we, like that character, sometimes miss them because we wish to? Because the easiest way doesn't make us look sophisticated enough. Or because, in the midst of a complicated world, we forget that Life wasn't created to be a obstacle course/trip to the dentist. It is like that sometimes, but maybe not as often as we think.