Brainstorming is all about opening to possibilities. Offering expertise, or having non at all — doesn't matter in brainstorming. Invention, innovation, and fresh perspectives come from the not knowing. I've built an off-grid solar powered home and in the process learned by doing, following plans, sometimes making decisions in the moment. Curating art exhibits, seeing the non-obvious in the apparently ho-hum … opening the mind is a joy.