Some while back I wrote about how I wished people saw potential in things that have a clear purpose. Recently I’ve had a lot of people talking to me about what they’d like to do on the Tour, or other applications for the bus. I don’t think the bus is as much of a blank slate as an empty room – it had a purpose. People are starting to look at it (and I hope, everything) in a different way, seeing what could be done as opposed to what can.
Can is what is possible within a certain set of rules. A school bus is for bringing kids to and from school. So I guess we could bring people to and from places (not necessarily school). Could is what makes the rules for can. We strip out the seats, give it a crazy paint job, and live in it for four months. No, we use it as a metaphorical and physical vehicle for our movement. No, we use it as an icon for change. No, we give it pontoons and we’ll sail to Europe.
I’ve got to find some way to keep that potential alive as I outfit it for the tour.
Keep those ideas stewin’.